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Explore interesting sights in Regensburg, Germany. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 39 sights are available in Regensburg, Germany.

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1. Old Town Hall

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Three buildings built at different times can be distinguished at the medieval Old Town Hall of Regensburg am Rathausplatz: in the south the Reichssaal building with an bay window, followed by the portal building with a staircase and gate passage and east of the passage the oldest town hall building in the style of a patrician house with the Town Hall. In this oldest building is the seat with reception hall of the Lord Mayor and other rooms for associated offices and for the registry office. The remaining offices of the city administration and also the citizens' office are located in the New Town Hall on the roof square, about 500 m east away.

Wikipedia: Altes Rathaus (Regensburg) (DE), Website

2. Dreieinigkeitskirche

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The Trinity Church is a Protestant, early baroque, columnless hall church in the Ständenstraße, in the old town of Regensburg. The church was built from 1627 to 1631 according to Hanns Carl plans and was one of the first Evangelical Lutheran new church buildings in Bavaria. The church is considered the largest new church building of the then free imperial city of Regensburg. And is a popular destination of visitors because of the in the way the church tower with a view of the old town. Another attraction is the southern churchyard accessible from the church. At the churchyard, after the end of the church building forced by Bavarian occupation troops and before the start of final construction work on the southern churchyard, during the Thirty Years' War, in the course of the fighting for Regensburg at the request of the Swedish army guide Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar High Swedish officers and, at the request of some exulant families, also to some surrounding beds from Austria who had helped finance the construction of the Protestant Church. As usual, their original graves were outside the city walls and could therefore be looted by the enemy imperial-Bavarian troops.

Wikipedia: Dreieinigkeitskirche (Regensburg) (DE), Website

3. Emmeramer Tor

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The New Emmeram Gate is one of the five surviving city gates of the medieval city fortifications of Regensburg, built around 1320. The well-preserved New Emmeram Gate replaced the Old Emmeram Gate of the Arnulfinian city wall, built around 920, which was located at the southern end of the Obere Bachgasse further northeast at the rounding of the city wall between the Obermünster and the monastery of Sankt Emmeram. Until 1907, when the neighbouring Helenentor was built and the Helenenstraße was laid out, the Emmeramer Tor was an important access point for the population of Regensburg to the neighbouring farming village of Kumpfmühl to the south, where vegetables were grown and flour was produced. Without this gateway, the village of Kumpfmühl would only have been accessible to the townspeople by detours, e.g. via the Jakobstor. In the 18th century, the gate offered easy access to the then newly created parks of Fürst-Anselm-Allee.

Wikipedia: Emmeramer Tor (DE)

4. Palais Löschenkohl

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The Palais Löschkohl is a baroque palace, Neupfarrplatz 14, in the World Heritage zone of the old town of Regensburg. It was built between 1730 and 1733 as a princely city palace for the family of the merchant and banker Hieronymus Löschkohl. After the bankruptcy of the banker Löschkohl, his escape and his death, the building served as the residence of the extended rest of the family, who rented out many rooms of the building. From 1743 until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the estate served as the residence of the delegation of the Electorate of Saxony to the Perpetual Diet. For this reason, the building was given the name Electoral Saxon Legation. The building is listed under the file number D-3-62-000-805 as a listed architectural monument of Regensburg.

Wikipedia: Palais Löschenkohl (DE)

5. Sankt Johann

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The Collegiate Church of St. Johann in Regensburg is the spiritual centre of the Collegiate Monastery of St. Johann, founded in 1127. It is dedicated to St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist. The church is located in the immediate vicinity of St. Peter's Cathedral at Krauterermarkt 5. It is located between the Cathedral Square to the south and the Bishop's Court to the north. The collegiate church has had an eventful history over the centuries. The originally Ottonian building had to be demolished in favor of a western extension of Regensburg Cathedral. Thus, a Gothic building was built on the site of today's church, which underwent a radical baroque redesign in the 1760s. After a fire in 1887, the church was rebuilt in neo-baroque forms.

Wikipedia: Stiftskirche St. Johann (Regensburg) (DE)

6. St. Anton

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The monument-protected Catholic parish church of St. Anton is named after St. Anton of Padua, attribute: Child Jesus on the arm, who is called in Bavarian folk when searching for lost objects as a slut. The church is surrounded by a green area outside the old town of Regensburg, south of the railway line and east of the main station in the Kasernenviertel district of Furtmayrstraße 22, adjacent to the Lower Catholic cemetery. The church is a brick concrete building, built after 1920, in the style of a three-nave Romanesque basilica, in the east with two side chapels in honor of Mary, and in the west with a cross house.

Wikipedia: St. Anton (Regensburg) (DE)

7. Dominkanerkirche St. Blasius

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The Dominican Church of St. Blasius with the former monastery buildings is located in the center of the western old town of Regensburg and is located on a large area that is separated from the Trinity Church by the alley Am Ölberg running from north to south. The Dominican Church is located along the Predigergasse, which runs from east to west. The entrance to the Dominican Church is located on the Albertus-Magnus-Platz in front of it, which merges into Bismarckplatz to the west. To the south, the former monastery buildings border on Ägidienplatz, which can be reached via Beraiterweg.

Wikipedia: Dominikanerkirche St. Blasius (Regensburg) (DE), Website

8. Jüdisches Gemeindezentrum

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The Jewish Community Center with Synagogue Regensburg is the new community center of the "Jewish Community of Regensburg". It was inaugurated on February 27, 2019, 80 years after the destruction of the New Synagogue and exactly 500 years after the expulsion of the Jews from the imperial city of Regensburg. It was built on the site "Am Brixener Hof 2", where the New Synagogue stood until the pogrom of November 1938 and where there was only a provisional community hall after the Second World War.

Wikipedia: Jüdisches Gemeindezentrum mit Synagoge Regensburg (DE)

9. Salzstadel

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The urban Salzstadel east of the stone bridge in the old town of Regensburg was built in 1616 to 1620, adding the older and smaller Amberg Stadel west of the bridge. The municipal Salzstadel was built to store rock salt or dining salt. The salt was transported to Regensburg with so -called salt trains pulled by horses over the Salzach and the Inn and most recently on the Danube by the salt deposits and salts in the wider area from Passau and unloaded here with cranes.

Wikipedia: Salzstadel (Regensburg) (DE)

10. Karmelitenkirche Sankt Joseph

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The Carmelite Church of St. Josef on the Alter Kornmarkt in the old town of Regensburg is the monastery church of the Convent of St. Joseph of Discalced Carmelites as well as the most important confessional and worship church in Regensburg. The high baroque church building with echoes of the Italian style was built between 1660 and 1673 according to the plans of a previously unknown architect. Possible authors are Carlo Lurago, Antonio Petrini or a pupil of Petrini.

Wikipedia: St. Josef (Regensburg) (DE), Website

11. Österreicher Stadel

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The Österreicher Stadel in Regensburg, Donaulände No. 6, is located on the southern bank of the Danube (Marc-Aurel-Ufer), 300 m east of the inner-city Danube crossing Eisernen Brücke. Originally built as a brewery, the building was later used in various ways as a salt barn, warehouse, warehouse and museum depot. The building is located a good 100 m east of the Museum of Bavarian History, which opened in 2019, and also serves as a depot for this museum.

Wikipedia: Österreicher Stadel (Regensburg) (DE)

12. Schloss Weichs

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Schloss Weichs is a listed building located at Weichser Schlossgasse 11 a in the Weichs district of the city of Regensburg, Bavaria. The complex is listed under the file number D-3-62-000-1318 as a listed architectural monument of Regensburg. It is also listed as a ground monument under the file number D-3-6938-0055 in the Bavaria Atlas as "archaeological findings in the area of the former castle of Weichs, previously a medieval castle".

Wikipedia: Schloss Weichs (DE), Website

13. Niedermünster

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Built around 1150 at the end of the Romanesque period and baroque in the 17th century, the Niedermünster Church in Regensburg was the church of the former canonical monastery of the Imperial Abbey of Niedermünster, which was dissolved in 1803 in the course of secularization in Bavaria. After the transfer of the buildings to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1810, the Niedermünster Church has served as a cathedral parish church since 1824.

Wikipedia: Niedermünsterkirche (DE)

14. Volkssternwarte Regensburg

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The Public Observatory Regensburg is an astronomical observatory located in Regensburg, Germany. Its history dates back to the year 1774 when Saint Emmeram's Abbey dedicated two towers to astronomical observations. For the most time, it served for educational purposes. Today it is run by a non-profit organization, the Verein der Freunde der Sternwarte Regensburg e.V.. The observatory is accessible for visitors on Friday evenings.

Wikipedia: Public Observatory Regensburg (EN), Website

15. Theresienkirche

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The St. Theresia building, in the district of Kumpfmühl, whose tower is considered the landmark of the village, is a former monastery church of the Discalced Carmelites and former side church of the Wolfgangskirche in the parish of St. Wolfgang. The complex and the associated former monastery and seminary building are located on the corner of Kumpfmühler Straße and Gutenbergstraße in the Kumpfmühl district of Regensburg.

Wikipedia: St. Theresia (Regensburg) (DE)

16. Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie

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The Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie (KOG) is an art collection of works by German artists from the former German eastern territories and the German settlement areas in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Until reunification, works by artists from the GDR were also collected. The seat in Regensburg is also to be seen in connection with the city's patronage for the interests of the Sudeten Germans.

Wikipedia: Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie (DE), Website

17. St. Leonhard

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The Roman Catholic branch church of St. Leonhard, located in the western old town of Regensburg, was assigned to the former Knights of St. John and is now a subsidiary church of the parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The three-nave building, which is Romanesque at its core, is considered to be the oldest hall church in Bavaria and is dedicated to St. Leonard of Limoges.

Wikipedia: St. Leonhard (Regensburg) (DE)

18. Museum der Bayerischen Geschichte

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The House of Bavarian History: Museum, also known as the Museum of Bavarian History, in the old town of Regensburg on the southern bank of the Danube, is a museum dedicated to modern and contemporary Bavarian history. The founding director is historian and museum expert Richard Loibl. The museum was opened on 5 June 2019 after eight years of planning and construction.

Wikipedia: Museum der Bayerischen Geschichte (DE), Website

19. Ruthof

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The Regensburg Museum of Danube Shipping is a maritime museum of river shipping on the river Danube and other rivers, situated in the city of Regensburg in Germany. It also contains art collections on that topic, along with material on boatmen's work and training. Its main exhibits are the steam tugboat Ruthof / Érsekcsanád and the diesel tug Freudenau.

Wikipedia: Regensburg Museum of Danube Shipping (EN), Website

20. Sankt Andreas

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Prüfening Abbey was a Benedictine monastery on the outskirts of Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany. Since the beginning of the 19th century it has also been known as Prüfening Castle. Notably, its extant dedicatory inscription, commemorating the founding of the abbey in 1119, was created by printing and is a unique document of medieval typography.

Wikipedia: Prüfening Abbey (EN)

21. St. Oswald

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The Church of St. Oswald is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the western part of Regensburg on the south bank of the Danube. The construction of the collegiate church dates back to the time around 1290, when a Carmelite monastery was built there, but it was abandoned again in 1367 when the Carmelites migrated to Straubing.

Wikipedia: St. Oswald (Regensburg) (DE), Website

22. Schloss Pürkelgut

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Today's Pürkelgut Castle is a former moated castle in the southeast of Regensburg. The castle was built in 1728 for the merchant Johann Jakob Pürkel and is considered one of the most important baroque secular buildings in the city. Since the late Middle Ages, the castle had several manors as precursors.

Wikipedia: Schloss Pürkelgut (DE)

23. Museum Sankt Ulrich

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The former cathedral parish church of St. Ulrich in Regensburg stands a good 10 m south-east of Regensburg Cathedral on the cathedral square, which extends eastwards on its south side to the Herzogshof. St. Ulrich's Church and the exhibitions in the church are now part of the Regensburg diocesan museums.

Wikipedia: St. Ulrich (Regensburg) (DE), Website

24. Steinerne Brücke

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The Stone Bridge in Regensburg, Germany, is a 12th-century bridge across the Danube linking the Old Town with Stadtamhof. For more than 800 years, until the 1930s, it was the city's only bridge across the river. It is a masterwork of medieval construction and an emblem of the city.

Wikipedia: Stone Bridge (Regensburg) (EN)

25. Peterskirchlein

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The so-called Peterskirchlein is located in D. Martin-Luther-Straße 24 in the green areas near the north of the Regensburg main station. The small church built in 1806 as the St. Peter cemetery church in the Catholic cemetery of the lower town is now a Bulgarian Orthodox church.

Wikipedia: Peterskirchlein (Regensburg) (DE)

26. Domschatzmuseum

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The Art Collections of the Diocese of Regensburg are an organization of the Diocese of Regensburg, based in Regensburg. They look after the artistic treasures owned by the diocese and operate the two diocesan museums, the cathedral treasury and the St. Ulrich Museum.

Wikipedia: Bistumsmuseen Regensburg (DE), Website

27. document Kepler

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The Kepler Memorial House in Regensburg is the house where the astronomer Johannes Kepler died. In the autumn of 1630, Kepler took up residence in the house, which had been owned by the merchant Hillebrand Hilli since 1622. Kepler died here on November 15, 1630.

Wikipedia: Keplergedächtnishaus (DE), Website

28. Saint Peter's Cathedral

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Regensburg Cathedral, also known as St. Peter's Cathedral, is an example of important Gothic architecture within the German state of Bavaria. It is a landmark for the city of Regensburg, Germany, and the seat of the Catholic Diocese of Regensburg.

Wikipedia: Regensburg Cathedral (EN), Website

29. Erhardikapelle

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The Roman Catholic, listed Erhardi Chapel is located in the Erhardigasse of Regensburg. It is part of the Diocese of Regensburg. The building is registered as a monument in the Bavarian list of monuments under the monument number D-3-62-000-38301.

Wikipedia: Erhardikapelle (Regensburg) (DE)

30. St. Matthäus

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The parish church of St. Matthäus is located at Graf-Spee-Straße 1 in the barracks district of Regensburg. The congregation belongs to the deanery of Regensburg in the church district of Regensburg of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.

Wikipedia: St. Matthäus (Regensburg) (DE), Url

31. Josef Haas

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A Stolperstein is a ten-centimetre (3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. Literally, it means 'stumbling stone' and metaphorically 'stumbling block'.

Wikipedia: Stolperstein (EN), Website

32. St. Wolfgang

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The Catholic parish church of St. Wolfgang is an expressionist church building in the Kumpfmühl district of Regensburg, Germany. It was planned by Dominikus Böhm, built until 1939 and is dedicated to St. Wolfgang of Regensburg.

Wikipedia: St. Wolfgang (Regensburg) (DE), Website

33. Justitiabrunnen

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The Justitiabrunnen is a magnificent baroque fountain in the centre of the historic old town of Regensburg. It was created in 1656 by the sculptor Leoprand Hilmer as part of the construction of the city's water supply.

Wikipedia: Justitiabrunnen (Regensburg) (DE)

34. Eckzeichen

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Otto Herbert Hajek was a German abstract painter, graphic artist and sculptor. His architecture-related estate and his photo archive are housed in the Southwest German Archive for Architecture and Civil Engineering.

Wikipedia: Otto Herbert Hajek (DE)

35. Herzogspark

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Herzogspark is a 1.5-hectare (3.7-acre) municipal park, with small botanical garden, located on the banks of the Danube at the western edge of the old city, at Hundsumkehr Strasse, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany.

Wikipedia: Herzogspark (EN)

36. Stadtpark

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The Stadtpark Regensburg west of the old town of Regensburg on the Platz der Einheit in front of the Jakobstor is the oldest and, at over eight hectares, also the largest of the inner-city parks in Regensburg.

Wikipedia: Stadtpark Regensburg (DE)

37. St. Maria

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The Roman Catholic side church of St. Maria in the Regensburg district of Irl is a listed hall church, which was built in 1759 in the Rococo style. It is co-cared for by the parish of St. Martin in Barbing.

Wikipedia: St. Maria (Irl) (DE)

38. Villa Rustica

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The Villa Rustica Burgweinting is the name of a Roman estate near Burgweinting-Harting, a district of Regensburg, in Bavaria. The remains of the villa rustica are dated to the third and fourth centuries AD.

Wikipedia: Villa Rustica (Burgweinting) (DE)

39. Papstkreuz

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The Islinger Feld is located in the southern city of Regensburg, about 3.5 km from the Regensburg Cathedral of St. Peter. It extends south of the Federal Motorway 3 between Oberisling and Castle Weinting.

Wikipedia: Islinger Feld (DE)

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