page_title: Gedächtniskirche, Speyer
section_title: Main Portal
hierarchical_section_title: Gedächtniskirche, Speyer / Architecture / Main Portal
caption_attribution_description: English: Gedächtniskirche (Memorial Church) in Speyer, Germany
context_page_description: The Gedächtniskirche der Protestation is a United Protestant church of both Lutheran and Reformed confessions in Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany that commemorates the Protestation at Speyer in defense of the evangelical faith, specifically Lutheranism. Built between 1893 and 1904, the church was constructed in memory of the protest that took place at the Diet of Speyer by the Protestant rulers of the Holy Roman Empire in 1529. The tower is the tallest bell tower in the whole Palatinate at 100 metres.
context_section_description: The two parts of the main portal include on the middle column a sandstone figure of King David with his harp, who greets visitors to the church with a psalm on a scroll, and draws attention to the importance of music in the Protestant church:
  "The Lord will guard your going out and coming in From this time forth and forevermore. " Psalm 121 verse 8
  On the inside of the portal an angel stands with an open book, warning visitors as they leave to heed God's word:
  "Blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it"
caption: David
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