Historic Cities · Germany
Regensburg through the ages
Regensburg is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the rivers Danube, Naab and Regen, Danube's northernmost point. It is the capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the fourth-largest city in the State of Bavaria after Munich, Nuremberg and Augsburg and the eighth-largest of all cities on the river Danube.
Regensburg in 1250
Imperial Regensburg
Regensburg is at the height of its medieval prosperity in 1250, the richest city on the northern Danube where the Stone Bridge carries the great road east to Bohemia. Visitors will see the Roman Porta Praetoria and castra remains, compact patrician tower-houses, busy salt and iron wharves along the river, and merchants loading boats bound for Venice, Kyiv and towns of the Rhine.
The skyline is a dense comb of steep gables, squat stone towers and church spires rising from a tight knot of red-tiled roofs and pale limewashed façades. Streets are narrow and paved with cobble or packed earth, the Danube slips past sandstone quays where riverboats and barges are stacked with salt and iron. Light is sharp in clear weather, turning the stone bridge’s arches and timber facades golden in the afternoon.
The walk — 22 streets, squares and views
Stadtamhof riverside → Steinerne Brücke east arch → Wurstkuchl by the bridge → Brückturm bridge tower → Porta Praetoria → Castra Regina remains → Obere Bachgasse → Untere Bachgasse → Schwanenplatz → Alte Kapelle → …
Step inside — 14 interiors
Boatmen's Hall · Bridge Tower Gate Chamber · Goldsmith's Workshop · Dyers' Yard and Loft · Chapel of the Virgin · Cathedral Nave · Council Chamber · Bishop's Audience Hall · Kaufhaus Trading Hall · Tower Great Hall · Monastic Scriptorium · Niedermünster Choir · Great Salt Vault · Wharfside Smithy Workshop
Planned from the Wikipedia record: Regensburg.
Regensburg in 1750
Regensburg of the Perpetual Diet
Regensburg in 1750 is the permanent seat of the Holy Roman Empire’s Diet, a small medieval town crowded by envoys, post riders and river traffic. The walk follows the old Roman walls and the Danube quays into the town: you will see the Stone Bridge, the Old Town Hall where delegates dispute precedence, Thurn und Taxis’s post yards, the cathedral with its unfinished towers and the everyday markets and workshops that supply the assembly.
A low medieval skyline of red tile roofs and timber‑framed houses, pierced by the choir of the Gothic cathedral whose twin towers remain truncated stumps. Narrow, stone‑paved streets open into small market squares; Baroque plaster and painted façades mask older Gothic gables. The Danube runs busy with rafts and barges beneath the broad arch of the Stone Bridge. Uniformed post riders, powdered envoys and tradesmen populate bridges, quays and coffee‑house fronts under often clear, crisp Bavarian light.
The walk — 22 streets, squares and views
Prüfening Hill View → Porta Praetoria → St. Emmeram's Abbey → Steinerne Brücke → Brückturm (Bridge Tower) → Wurstkuchl Sausage Kitchen → Donauufer Quay → Schwanenplatz → Obere Bachgasse → Untere Bachgasse → …
Step inside — 12 interiors
Abbey Chapter Hall · Bridge Chapel of the Holy Cross · Bridge Tower Guardroom · Sausage Kitchen Hall · Timber Raftmen's Warehouse · Nave of St. Peter's Cathedral · Bishop's Audience Chamber · Reichssaal of the Imperial Diet · Thurn und Taxis State Room · Posthof Sorting Room · Weavers' Workshop · Envoys' Coffee House
Planned from the Wikipedia record: Perpetual Diet of Regensburg.
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