Old Gate
The Old Gate is the medieval west city gate of Speyer, and is one of the original 68 towers in the old walls and gates. Today it is one of the largest and most architecturally significant of the remaining city gates in Germany.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
April—October: Monday—Friday 10:00 AM—noon and 2:00 PM—4:00 PM
Saturday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM - Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: medieval west city gate of Speyer
- Also known as: “The Old Gate”
- Wheelchair access: no
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Rigorius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Speyer Cathedral and Purrmann house.
Speyer Cathedral
Church
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Speyer Cathedral, officially the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen, in Latin: Domus sanctae Mariae Spirae in Speyer, Germany, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Speyer and is suffragan to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg. Speyer Cathedral is situated 730 metres east of Old Gate.
Purrmann house
Museum
Photo: Manuae, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Purrmann house is a museum, which is situated 210 metres northeast of Old Gate.
Archäologisches Schaufenster Speyer
Museum
Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY 3.0.
Archäologisches Schaufenster Speyer is a museum, which is situated 210 metres southwest of Old Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Römerberg and Altlußheim.
Römerberg
Village
Römerberg is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approximately 5 kilometres southwest of Speyer. Römerberg is situated 4½ km southwest of Old Gate.
Altlußheim
Village
Altlußheim is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg and belongs to Rhein-Neckar-Kreis. Altlußheim sits in the Rhine rift directly on the right bank of a meandering of the Rhine, where the Kriegbach flows into the Rhine. Altlußheim is situated 5 km east of Old Gate.
Old Gate
- Categories: tower, building, tourism, city gate, and historic site
- Location: Speyer, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.31747° or 49° 19′ 3″ northLongitude
8.43231° or 8° 25′ 56″ eastInception
1230—1250Height
55 metres (180 feet)Open location code
8FXC8C8J+XWOpenStreetMap ID
way 44016066OpenStreetMap feature
building=city_gateOpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gateOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q22567
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Old Gate” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “舊門”
- French: “Altpörtel”
- French: “Vieille porte”
- German: “Altpoertel”
- German: “Altpörtel”
- Pfaelzisch: “Aldperdel”
- Pfaelzisch: “Altpörtel”
- Spanish: “Puerta Vieja de Speyer”
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Highlights include Postplatz and Bäcker Görtz.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Old Gate”. Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.