Diet of Speyer

Diet of Speyer were held in the course of the history of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, first as court days ( to 1495 ) since the time of the Salian more than fifty. The first court day in Speyer was held by Louis the Pious in 838. But known are only those from the time of the religious disputes which led to the separation of Catholics and Protestants. The latter bear this name because of the protest at the Diet of Speyer 1529th

1526

The Reichstag ( Speyer I) lasted from June 25 to August 27.

Ferdinand I., who was at that time still Archduke of Austria and his brother Charles V in Speyer represented, called in the opening address a support of Hungary against the Turks danger. This petition reiterated later an ambassador of the Hungarian King Ludwig II. , The imperial estates, under which the Landgrave Philip I of Hesse and Elector John of Saxony saw themselves as the leader of the Protestants, but insisted to clarify first religio-political issues.

After Ferdinand I at the direction of his brother moved away from the demand for a strict implementation of the Edict of Worms, was passed by the Reichstag, leave it to the stands themselves. In return, the States- decided at the end of the Reichstag on August 27, 1526 24 000 troops to help the Hungarians. By two days later held Battle of Mohács the posting of the promised troops became obsolete.

Several Lutheran Men founded in the wake state churches that gave them alongside the secular and the highest spiritual power in their territory.

1529

The Reichstag ( Speyer II) lasted from March 15 to April 22. It was the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms. Then the protest of Speyer found on this Reichstag held in which the Protestant princes and cities against a sentence of outlawry against Martin Luther protested - by this action derives the concept of " Protestantism " from. They refused Ferdinand I. In this context, any military support against Johann Zápolya and Suleiman I of the First Austrian war against the Turks. The Anabaptist mandate is a collection of decisions of the Reichstag, which was to fight the religious movement of the Baptist.

Today, the neo-Gothic, built in 1893-1904 Memorial Church is reminiscent of the protest.

1542

The Reichstag lasted from December 29, 1541 / 8th February 1542 to 11 April 1542nd The threat of the empire by the Turks ( recapture of Buda in September 1541) was the reason for calling the meeting. The Reichstag was held I and two imperial commissioners in the absence of Emperor Charles V and under the direction of King Ferdinand. The Turks aid was the dominant theme. The estates of the Empire decided to finance the Empire army for a general property tax ( Common penny ). Compared to the urgency of the Turks aid entered negotiations with the Protestants in the background.

1544

The Reichstag lasted from February 20 to June 10. On this diet the emperor be granted aid against France and for an offensive against the Ottomans. As a concession for former anti-Protestant Reich goodbyes and processes are suspended and the use of secularized church property allows. It will be offered the prospect of a national council. Moreover, it comes on May 23, 1544 to the peace of Speyer, in which the House of Habsburg to dispense with the Danish-Norwegian crown and is granted the Dutch access to the Baltic Sea.

1570

The Reichstag agreed to allow printing only in Imperial, residence and university towns.

A part of the Duke Johann Frederick II of Saxony confiscated land should be returned at the decision of the Reichstag to his children Johann Casimir and Johann Ernst. Here Johann Casimir received the Coburg region.

Treaty of Speyer 1570: John II laid under this contract with Emperor Maximilian II, King of Hungary Title and called himself now John Sigismund Transilvaniae et regni partium Hungariae princeps ( " Prince of Transylvania and parts of the Kingdom of Hungary ").