Verantwortlich:
Michael Vogl
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Tel.: +49 941 507-2417
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PRESS-INFORMATION
(Press 04/03/15 | 183 words, 1.382 characters)
UNESCO World Heritage-listed
Regensburg. Unique features
Regensburg:
The first capital of Bavaria in the early Middle Ages
and Germany’s only city with stone charter. UNESCO World
Heritage Site since 2006
Historic centre:
Best preserved medieval metropolis
St Peter’s Cathedral:
Bavaria’s most prominent Gothic structure with the world’s
largest free-hanging organ; Organ concerts in summer with
international guest organists
Domspatzen:
The world’s oldest boys’ choir. 10am every Sunday
at St Peter’s Cathedral during school terms
Stone Bridge:
Germany’s oldest preserved stone bridge.
Used as the inspiration for Prague’s Charles Bridge
Porta Praetoria:
Germany’s oldest above-ground structure
Thurn and Taxis Palace:
Europe’s largest inhabited palace; more rooms
than London’s Buckingham Palace
Reichssaal:
The first German/European parliament as headquarters of the
Perpetual Imperial Diet (Immerwährender Reichstag)
Kirchenmusikschule:
The world’s oldest music school
Regensburg Tourismus GmbH | Roter Herzfleck 2 | 93047 Regensburg | Tel.: +49 941 507-4410 | www.regensburg.de/tourismus
Roman department of the
History Museum:
on the Romans
Dynasty towers:
Bavaria’s largest permanent exhibition
The largest number of dynasty towers
(patrician towers) north of the Alps
“document Neupfarrplatz”: The largest excavation of a medieval Jewish
quarter
Dreieinigkeitskirche:
The first purely Lutheran church to be built in Bavaria
Historic Sausage Kitchen:
Germany’s oldest sausage kitchen
Café Prinzess:
Germany’s first café
Regensburg Tourismus GmbH | Roter Herzfleck 2 | 93047 Regensburg | Tel.: +49 941 507-4410 | www.regensburg.de/tourismus