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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; - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Cathedrals and Churches in Light
SpeyerMainz
WormsUeberlingen
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
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
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
St. Nikolaus-Church
Ueberlingen (Lake of Constance) with a famous wood altar by
Joerg Zuern (1616)