Speyer Cathedral
Also known as Cathedral of Speyer, Cathédrale de spire, Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de l'Assomption-et-Saint-Etienne de Spire, Cathedrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-et-Saint-Etienne de Spire, Imperial Cathedral of Speyer, Mariendom, Speyerer Dom
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (ii).
Region
Europe and North America
Germany
Inscribed
1981
List reference
168
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Speyer Cathedral is about 20 km south of Mannheim. The nearest other World Heritage site is ShUM Sites, about 1 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Mannheim · about 2,362,000 peopleabout 20 km north
- Heidelberg · about 427,000 peopleabout 20 km north-east
- Karlsruhe · about 377,000 peopleabout 35 km south
- Mainz · about 185,000 peopleabout 75 km north
- Stuttgart · about 2,945,000 peopleabout 80 km south-east
- Wiesbaden · about 617,000 peopleabout 85 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
GermanyCultural0 km away
GermanyCultural39 km away
GermanyCultural44 km away
GermanyCultural64 km away
GermanyNatural70 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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