mittelalterlicher judenhof

It is a interesting place to see and really well preserved. You can take a stares to the bottom of the pool where the ritual bathing take place. It is a mystic atmosphere and you cant really say much except be quiet and feel in spirit what had take place in there. I had a feeling of respect and I will leave it to that.

Speyer is a town of historical religious contrasts. Don't miss the Judenhof and mikvah (ritual bath) whether or not you are Jewish. You will come away with a better understanding of the relationships between the Christian and Jewish communities and how they co-existed through time. Some of it good. A lot of it bad. Read the timeline on the wall by the restored mikvah. Note inside the museum the mural on the floor depicting the city and city wall structure with towers. The towers were funded by various groups living in Speyer as noted by their names. There is a JUDEN tower as well.

Worth 45-60 minutes to visit a kind of planned Jewish community of medieval times. What's been well preserved is the mikvah, the ritual bath. Good English signage and attention to history.

Allow about 45 minutes to an hour minimum since the explanatory videos you should watch in advance are critical, but will eat up time. Go in, pay your money, then walk past the tombstones and displays, past the WCs, to a room where the videos can be played. And be sure you watch both short videos BEFORE going outside to view the bath and the remains of the synagogue or it won't mean a thing to you. After going outside, you can return through a side door to backtrack through the tiny museum to view the tombstones inside. The pros: exceptional preservation of a very important site and great explanation and visuals in English on the videos. Very close to the Dom, so no excuses accepted. The cons: the few limited displays inside had no English translations for the many foreign visitors to the site. If you don't read German, you will miss out on the meaning of the few items in the museum.

but we missed the bath. The guide told us about the bath and then we did not go. I regret that now that I see what we missed. We spent time in the old Jewish Quarter. It is not the Jewish Quarter now because all of the Jews in Speyer were sent to the concentration camps in the World War II.

Well restored baths and site of original Quarter which was set up in the 1500's after the jews were expelled from Worms by the then bishop - they were given refuge in Speyer, and established a small community here with a synagogue, prayer-house, baths and a cemetery etc. T baths have very uneven stairs down, and would not be easy for anyone with walking difficulties, but certainly worth a visit when you are in Speyer.

Little remains except the ritual bath (mikvah) and a few fragments of walls. The guide was quite informative.

We just went there because there was a service at the cathedral but stayed for an hour. There is a small museum tellig the story of jewish people in that region and you can watch several short movies in German, English and French. But the best part is the Mikwe, which is a ritual jewish bath. We've travelled a lot but have never seen one before. This one is apparantly the oldest in Germany and is still in use. Pretty impressive!

The place is small (as everything was in medieval cities) but they did a great job with the exhibit. Make sure you watch the movies first before going to the ruins, it explains it very well with some great 3D feature! Worth the visit for sure!

I've been to religious sites around the world, but never a medieval synagogue with a mikveh (Jewish ritual bath). This museum adds another fascinating layer to the small city of Speyer's religious history. The museum is small and offers a great explanation of the site through documents, artifacts, and video, almost all of which are available in English. Walking the synagogue and bath ruins after the exhibit, I could visualize the rituals held here and appreciate the significance of the Jewish community in medieval Speyer. There was also a temporary exhibit of the little-known artist Bil Spira. It was not translated, but the museum host kindly explained how Spira used his artistic skill to successfully forge documents to assist refugees in their escape from Nazi Germany.

This was a ritual bath (for women) that is completely underground, and is part of a larger archaeological excavation of a medieval Jewish community. Although fairly plain (except for a few column capitals), you descend stone steps into a cool room overlooking the pool, and more steps wind down into the cool water. (We visited as part of a walking tour, and didn't go into the museum.)

Der Besuch des mittelalterlichen Judenhofes war Teil einer abendlichen Führung durch die Stadt Speyer. Die Besichtigung der Mikwe war sehr interessant, besonders durch die vielen Informationen des Mitarbeiters, der sich extra für uns Zeit nahm. Darüber hinaus konnte man noch ein paar erhaltene Mauern besichtigen, was für meinen Geschmack weniger interessant war.

Spektakulär mag er nicht sein, der Judenhof, aber für Menschen mit Interesse an der jüdischen Geschichte ist das Judenbad -eine historische Kultstätte- einen Besuch wert. Übrigens hat Speyer auch eine Synagoge und eine lebendige jüdische Gemeinde.

Entramos neste local e fomos atendidos por um senhorzinho muito simpático, que falava um parco inglês. Conversamos rapidamente com ele e ele perguntou se eu era judeu. Respondi que sim e ele me deixou entrar de graça! É um local histórico, com um mikve da época romana!

Der Besuch ist auf jeden Fall ein Muss, wenn man in Speyer ist. Besonders die gut erhaltene Mikwe ist es Wert dem Museum einen Besuch abzustatten.