Regensburg, Germany: General travel information
Regensburg, area 81 km², population 131 000, federal state: Bavaria
The historic old town of Regensburg is a UNESCO world heritage site, it was founded by Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius as a roman castra named Castra Regina around 79 BC, the historic center of Regensburg is almost complete preserved, around 6000 buildings are under historic preservation status, the most in whole Europe.
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Main sights:
- Steinerne Bruecke, bridge made of stone, built 1135 - 1146, place where his imperial majesty Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I. started the Third Crusade, also known as Kings Crusade to fight the heathen and reconquer the Holy Land
- Historische Wurstkuchl, administrative building for the construction of the Steinerne Bruecke, family owned since 1146, oldest sausage kitchen worldwide
- Regensburger Dom, cathedral, gothic architecture, inner nave length 86m, width 35m, height middle nave 32m, height of the spires 105m, first documentary mentioned 739, built in the 11th century
- St. Ulrich church, early gothic architecture, built 1220 - 1230
- Fischmarkt, market square with fountain built in the 17th century
- Kepplergedaechtnishaus, place where the mathematician and astronomer Johannes Keppler died
- Gasthaus zum weissen Lamm, built in the 14th century, remodeled 1721 and 1896, guesthouse where Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn rested
- Runtingerhaus, Patrician house built in the middle of the 13th century
- St. Oswald, church, first documentary mentioned 1316
- Porta Praetoria, remnants of the roman town fortification
- Bischofshof, former bishop residence, built around 1560
- Alter Kornmarkt, historic market square
- Roemerturm, wall of the medieval town fortification, fundaments of carolingian origins, built in the 14th century
- Herzogshof, residence of the dukes and counts of the house of Agilofinger since the 6th century, built in the 12th century
- Stift Niedermuenster, church, first documentary mentioned around 889, first church building in the 7th century, romanesque architecture, built from 1152, remodeled in the 17th and 18th century
- Stift zu unserer lieben Frau, church first documentary mentioned 875
- St. Joseph, church built 1641 - 1672 according to plans of architect Carlo Luargo
- St. Johann, church built in the 15th century, remodeled 1766
- Haus an der Heuport, built in the 14th century
- Neupfarrkirche, built 1860 according to plans of Ludwig Foltz
- St. Kassian, church, first documentary mentioned 885, rococo interior
- Kloster St. Emmeram, St. Emmeram Abbey, benedictine monastery founded 739
- Schloss Thurn und Taxis, residence of the princely house of Thurn and Taxis
- Goliathaus, former patrician castle, wall painting on the outside showing a scene of David and Goliath by Melchior Bocksberger from 1573
- Haidplatz, market square
- Maria Schnee Kapelle, rococo chapel built 1750
- Altes Rathaus, old town hall, built in the middle of the 13th century
- Historisches Museum, historic museum
- Klosterkirche Heilig Kreuz, founded 1233, gothic church built 1240, rococo interior
- St. Leonhard, church, first documentary mentioned 1270
- St. Jakob, church, built in the 12th century
- Kloster Pruell, abbey founded 997 by bishop Gebhard I. of Regensburg
- Kloster Pruefening, abbey founded 1109 by bishop Otto I. of Bamberg
- Naturkunde Museum , museum of natural history
- Wallhalla, monument of fame and honor, neo classical temple built around 1820
- Burg Wolfsegg, built around 1278 by Wolf von Schoenleitern
- Kloster Rohr, abbey founded 1133 by Adalbert von Rohr
- Ostentor, gothic town gate of the medieval fortification wall, built around 1300