What is Speyer?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_photo = Speyer HDR.jpg |image_caption = Speyer: Maximilianstraße with the [[Speyer Cathedral]] in the background |image_coa = DEU Speyer COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|49|19|10|N|8|25|52|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = |state = Rheinland-Pfalz |district = Kreisfreie Stadt |elevation = 92 |area = 42.58 |population = 50648 |Stand = 2006-12-31 |postal_code = 67346 |area_code = 06232 |licence = SP |Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 3 18 000 |divisions = 4 ''[[Stadtteil]]e'' |website = {{url|http://www.speyer.de}} |mayor = Hansjörg Eger |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |party = CDU }} {{Infobox Former Country |native_name = ''Reichsstadt Speyer'' |conventional_long_name = Imperial City of Speyer |common_name = Speyer |era = Middle Ages |status = City-state |empire = Holy Roman Empire |government_type = Republic |year_start = 1294 |year_end = 1792 |event_pre = Founded |date_pre = ''ca'' [[10 BC]] |event_start = Gained ''[[Reichsfrei]]heit'' |date_start = <!--- Optional: Date of establishment, as 1 January 1801---> |event1 = [[Diet (assembly)|Diet]] at Speyer confirms <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Edict of Worms]] |date_event1 = &nbsp;<br>April 19, 1529 |event2 = Protestation at Speyer |date_event2 = April 20, 1529 |event3 = [[War of the Grand Alliance|City razed]] |date_event3 = 1688 |event_end = [[French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1792|Annexed]] by [[First French Republic|France]] |date_end = <!--- Optional: Date of disestablishment ---> |event_post = Annexed to [[Kingdom of Bavaria|Bavaria]] |date_post = 1816 |p1 = Bishopric of Speyer |image_p1 = [[Image:DEU Speyer COA.svg|20p