Whorl (city)
See also: Whorl
Spire ( German Speyer in ) is a city and a district in the south of the Land of the Rhineland-Palatinat. It counts 50 000 inhabitants.
History
Whorl is old a imperial Ville, its imposing Romance Cathédrale is one of the major monuments of the art of the Saint Roman Empire. The cathedral was, during nearly 300 years, the place of burial of eight King S and German Empereur S.It is with the abbey of Whorl that Agnès of Aquitaine took the veil in 1062, after the conflict with papacy.
The December 27th 1146, Bernard de Clairvaux came to Spire to preach the Second crusade in front of the emperor Conrad III, which, allured by the man, crossed at once.
In 1526, the first diet of Whorl ( to also see : Diète of Whorl) leaves with each German prince a certain religious liberty.
In 1529, the second Diet of Whorl makes conclusions less permissive which displease to the disciples Martin Luther. Those protest and become thus Protestant S.
In 1689, the cathedral and the city are almost completely burned by the French troops of Louis XIV.
In 1792 Spire is conquered by the troops revolutionary Frenchwomen. The city will remain French until in 1814, as a sub-prefecture of the department of the Mount-Thunder.
Places and monuments
- Cathedral of Whorl,
- Church of the Commemoration (Whorl),
- Museum of the techniques rather directed transport: steam trains with the Boeing 747, the Tupolev while passing by the Vespa S, cars and Underwater S
- historical Museum of Palatinat, close to the cathedral.
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