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Cathedrals and Churches in Light

Cathedrals and Churches in Light. Speyer Mainz Worms Ueberlingen. The Imperial Cathedral of Speyer*. * For about 700 years, Capital of the Holy Roman Empire; Seat of its Supreme Court 1527 – 1689; Place of the Diet of 1529 establishing the Protestant Confession;

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Cathedrals and Churches in Light

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  1. Cathedrals and Churches in Light Speyer Mainz Worms Ueberlingen

  2. The Imperial Cathedral of Speyer* *For about 700 years, Capital of the Holy Roman Empire; Seat of its Supreme Court 1527 – 1689; Place of the Diet of 1529 establishing the Protestant Confession; Cathedral built 1030 – 1100 (largest building in Europe) Tombs of 7 Roman Emperors

  3. The Imperial Cathedral of Mainz* City founded in Roman Times as a stronghold of the Roman Rhine army; Bishopric since 350 AD (jurisdiction from the Baltic Sea to Greenland); Seat of the Chancellor for Italy of the Holy Roman Empire from 900 AD to 1800 AD; University founded 1477 AD; Cathedral built 1036 - 1239 AD

  4. The Cathedral of Worms by the Rhine* City founded in Roman times; bishopric since the 4th century AD; Ancient Capital of the Burgundian Realm; Place of the Imperial Diet of 1521 and Protestation of Martin Luther; Cathedral built 1170 - 1230 AD

  5. St. Nikolaus-Church Ueberlingen (Lake of Constance) with a famous wood altar by Joerg Zuern (1616)

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