REGENSBURG WITH A VISIT!

Do you still get visitors in summer? Especially when guests come to Regensburg for the first time, the question is always: what can we show them? After all, Regensburg is surrounded by so many beautiful things that it’s hard to know where to start. That’s why we’ve put together 10 tips for you.

10 things you should do during your visit to Regensburg:

1) View Regensburg from above. For example, on the tower of the Dreieinigkeitskirche church or at the top of the Brückturm museum. There is a beautiful view of the old town from the Dreifaltigkeitsberg.

Deifaltigkeitskirche Regensburg — View of Regensburg from the Trinity Church2

) Visit St. Peter’s Cathedral. It is, of course, the star of the city. Look for the laughing angel or the devil and his grandmother and admire the gargoyles outside or the old Romanesque donkey tower. You can also brag about a world record, because the largest free-hanging organ in the world is suspended in Regensburg Cathedral. At 12.00 noon there is a short lunchtime meditation in the cathedral, during which you can also listen to the organ.

) There are even more records on the Danube. The Stone Bridge is a landmark of our city and the oldest preserved bridge in Germany. The Charles Bridge in Prague was modeled on our bridge and while several saints are immortalized on the bridge there, we have the unique Bruckmandl and its legend.

4) Not far from the Stone Bridge is another original: the Historische Wurstkuchl, the oldest sausage roasting house in the world! The Historische Wurstkuchl originated as a small building leaning against the city wall, which served as a building office during the construction of the Stone Bridge from 1135 to 1146. When the building, which was celebrated as the eighth wonder of the world at the time, was completed, the construction office moved out and the small building became the “Garküche auf dem Kranchen”. The customers of the Garküche were port and construction workers, hence the name “Kranchen”, the word for cranes at the time. Incidentally, there were no sausages there at the time, only boiled meat. It wasn’t until around 1800 that the well-known sausages were put on the grill. 5) Discover the Middle Ages. You do this all over the city anyway, but there are a few places where you get a special feeling for it. In Einhorngäßchen or Posthorngäßchen with its candle arches. At Haus Heuport opposite the west façade of the cathedral. To the right of the staircase of Haus Heuport you will find a stone with three indentations for extinguishing torches. Or something more relaxed in the beautiful garden of the museum café: here you can sit in the middle of the Middle Ages, so to speak, next to the nave of the Gothic Minorite church with a view of the fountain, columns and pointed arches. If you also want to discover something from Roman times, you should visit the Porta Praetoria (under the arches) and the Roman wall in the parking garage on Dachauplatz. 6) There is even more medieval history at the Old Town Hall. The Reichstag Museum, including the torture chamber, can only be visited with a guided tour, but at the entrance to the Old Town Hall you can marvel at the old city dimensions. In the Middle Ages, traders could measure their goods there using the “Schuch” or town shoe, the “Öln” and the “Stat-Klaffter”, which defined the town measurements for feet (approx. 31 cm), cubits (approx. 83 cm) and fathoms (approx. 175 cm). Today, the fathom is still used as a measure for firewood. From here you can see the Hofbräuhaus, with the stag above the door. Why don’t you go inside?

7) Café Prinzess is also on Rathausplatz, according to the sign on the building it is the oldest coffee house in Germany. Try a Barbara Kuss, a praline named after the beautiful Regensburg woman Barbara Blomberg, who became the mistress of Emperor Charles V in 1545 and was made the mother of Don Juan D’Austria by him. The monument to the famous sailor stands nearby on Zieroldsplatz. There is an inconspicuous special feature if you walk a little further from Rathausplatz to Haidplatz. There is a small animal good luck charm where jousting tournaments used to take place.

) Stroke the city mouse. Berlin has its bear, Regensburg has a little mouse. The little city mouse can be found on the “Neue Waag” building on Haidplatz (by the Wittl music store, next to the window). Take a look in the inner courtyard of the “Neue Waag”. Regensburg has many amusing stone figures, and it is often worth taking a look upwards. For example, the stag above the Hofbräuhaus or the pelican crowning the gable of the house named after him at Keplerstrasse 11. At Gumprecht’sches Haus in Neue-Waag-Gasse, there is even a young man pointing to his backside with his hand. 9) Research street names. There are some great street names in Regensburg and it’s worth taking a walk along them instead of the usual beaten track. My suggestion: start at the Stone Bridge in Goldene Bären Strasse and follow these alleyways: Roter Herzfleck / Einhorngäßchen / Zur schönen Gelegenheit / Kuhgässel / Rote-Löwen-Straße (can you find the stone lion?)/ Poetengäßchen / Silberne-Fisch-Gasse / Gäßchen ohne End / Blaue Lilien Gasse. Under ‘Tips’ you will also find beautiful city walks here on our homepage. 10) Count the patrician towers. Regensburg is the German city with the most medieval patrician towers. Around 20 of them are said to have survived, including the ‘Baumburg Tower’ with a height of almost 28m and the ‘Golden Tower’ with a height of 42m. We haven’t discovered all 20 yet, maybe you will.

Regensburg Baumburg Tower — Baumburg Tower

Of course, there is so much more you can do with a visit. Take the boat to Walhalla, for example. Take beautiful excursions around Regensburg. Of course you should also visit a beer garden on the Danube, the Spitalgarten or the Alte Linde, both of which offer a wonderful view of the old town. Just have a look around here on the website, you’ll find lots of tips.

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