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Protestation Memorial Church (Gedächtniskirche), Speyer

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Protestation Memorial Church (Gedächtniskirche), Speyer

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Protestation Memorial Church (Gedächtniskirche), Speyer

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  • Location: Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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    May 24, 2022

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    The large, neo-Gothic church building impresses with its diversity and the splendor of the church windows.
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    July 14, 2022

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    The Memorial Church of Protestation invites you to linger. At the entrance, Martin Luther greets us in the vestibule and points out with the famous words "Here I stand, I …
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    February 15, 2022

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    This church has the highest church tower in the Palatinate (100 m high)!
    The Luther monument in front of the church commemorates the protest in Speyer in 1529 and the beginnings of the Protestant faith: At the then Reichstag, 6 princes and 14 free imperial cities protested against the fact that the Catholic faith alone should apply in the German Empire and presented a protest letter. This is where the term “Protestant” comes from.
    The Memorial Church is the "main church" of the Ev./Prot. Church in the Palatinate and is called “Retscherkirche” by the locals.
    Source: gedaechtniskirchengemeinde.de/kg-gedaechtniskirche-speyer/kirche
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    Elevation 100 m

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    Location: Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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