Cathedral Square Speyer

From Domplatz you can see the west facade of the cathedral and Maximilianstraße. Very nice!

Founded around 1000 years ago, the Speyer Cathedral is today the largest Romanesque church in the world and has a correspondingly large cathedral square. In the middle of the cathedral square, in front of the west portal of the cathedral, there is a huge bowl, the so-called cathedral bowl, which marked the borderline between the medieval city and the cathedral immunity. From the end of the 15th century it was customary for the new bishop to make a debut and have the Domnapt filled with wine so that the people of Speyer could drink to his health.

In the middle of the cathedral square, in front of the west portal of the cathedral, there is a huge bowl, the so-called cathedral bowl, which marked the borderline between the medieval city and the cathedral immunity.