Location: Regensburg
Top Things to do in Regensburg
The 10 Best Sights & Landmarks in Regensburg, Bavaria
Founded by the Romans in 179 AD as Casta Regina (meaning Fortress by the River Regen), Regensburg is one of Germany's oldest towns. It was relatively spared from Allied bombings during World War II. Today, many flock to see the wonderfully intact old city and its many medieval structures. The 12th-century Stone Bridge was used by Crusaders en route to the Holy Land. The Regensburg Cathedral (or Dom St. Peter) is one of southern Germany's finest examples of Gothic architecture.
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1. Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof - Unesco World Heritage
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5.0 based on 27 reviews
Reviewed By LDG2003 - Ponce, Caribbean
This beautiful town has Cafes, small Restaurants, shops and a huge Church. To enter the Old Town you walk across a bridge over the Danube River.
2. Cathedral of St Peter's
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4.5 based on 1,388 reviews
Regensburg's skyline is dominated by the two towers of this 13th-century cathedral.
Reviewed By VW49 - Ashburn, United States
The tall Gothic, Catholic Cathedral of St Peter dominates the Regensburg skyline. The interior has soaring columns to support the high ceilings accompanied by beautiful stained glass windows, statutes and artworks. There is restoration work on-going so exterior scaffolding and construction barriers were in place during my visit. On an overcast day the light inside is rather low for photography but still there is so much to see in this active cathedral.
3. St. Mang Kirche
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4.5 based on 7 reviews
4. Haidplatz
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4.5 based on 197 reviews
Reviewed By bparks1045
Incorporate into your walking tour of the area. Old authentic cobblestone streets, you get the true feel of the old history still evident from the landscape there today.
5. Altes Rathaus
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4.5 based on 278 reviews
Reviewed By Wingfield73 - Chiang Mai, Thailand
Every corner of this historic Roman city seems to present the most casual walkers with another photo opportunity and the Old Town Hall is one of these, a few hundred metres from the remains of the Roman gateway. It is actually three buildings; the tower, the palace and baroque town hall. The museum inside is well worth a visit and, for the gloomy minded the torture chambers in the basement are chilling (indeed quite cold too!)
6. Basilica of the Nativity of Our Lady Regensburg
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4.5 based on 302 reviews
Reviewed By lesagirl - Austin, United States
This cathedral is a masterpiece of the Rococo and Baroque style of the 18th century, probably the best in Germany. Upon entering, you are greeted by some of the most colourful frescoes and gold ornate gilt and amazing alter. Take time to just sit in a pew and take a few quiet moments to take in all its splendor. A first chapel was built by order of Charlemagne in the place where, according to tradition, the Roman temple dedicated to Juno was built. The chapel which was built after the fall of the Roman Empire of the West seems to have been the oldest in Bavaria and this earned it the nickname "Alte Kappelle", the «Old Chapel»
7. Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirchengemeinde Dreieinigkeitskirche
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4.5 based on 67 reviews
Reviewed By bparks1045
Your good city bus tours will include the area. Make a point to be prepared with your camera because there is so much that you will want pics of for future reference.
8. Scots Portal
9. Basilika St. Emmeram
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4.5 based on 199 reviews
Reviewed By BradJill - Hong Kong, China
One of the most interesting historic churches we visited recently in Regensburg is that St. Emmeram, a Basilica minor located at Emmeramsplatz next to the Thurn and Taxis Palace. The church history dates back to 780AD and is considered a National Shrine in Bavaria. There are quite a few interesting things to see at St. Emmeram. The church is a mixture of Romanesque and Baroque architecture. The main portion of the church nave dates back to the 8th-century but was given a High Baroque makeover by the regionally important Bavarian architects Asam Brothers in the early 18th-century. The high altar, pulpit, ceiling fresco and numerous decorations with gilding create a beautiful interior. There is a 11th-century crypt with important tombs in the back that is worth a quick visit. Given the church age, its worth reading up on its history before or during your visit. This will help create context to what you are seeing at St. Emmeram Basilica in Regensburg.
10. Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie
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4.5 based on 24 reviews
Reviewed By pavvickers - Giessen, Germany
amazing how many top modern and contemporary German artists have links to the former Eastern German lands - Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter among others. Worth the short walk out of the old town to the gallery, great collection of works of art.
