From Noviamagus and Spira to Speier and a ‘Y’
The history of Speyer is not only multifaceted and highly interesting, but also very long, spanning more than 2,000 years. The available treatises on Speyer fill shelves. Countless publications have been written about the Salian dynasty and the ShUM period, Speyer's role during the Protestant Reformation, the effects of the War of the Palatinate Succession on the city and Speyer as the seat of the Imperial Chamber Court - most of them in German.
For a summary in English, please refer to the Wikipedia entry on Speyer.
If you would like to know more about the ‘Y’ in Speyer, just ask our guides during a city tour – they bring our city's history to life and know all the anecdotes behind the historians' facts and figures.