Regensburg
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| Coordinates: 49°1′N 12°5′E / 49.017°N 12.083°ECoordinates: 49°1′N 12°5′E / 49.017°N 12.083°E | |||
| Country | Germany | ||
| State | Bavaria | ||
| Admin. region | Upper Palatinate | ||
| District | Urban district | ||
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| • Lord Mayor | Joachim Wolbergs (SPD) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 80.76 km2 (31.18 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2015-12-31) | |||
| • Total | 145,465 | ||
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | ||
| Postal codes | 93001–93059 | ||
| Dialling codes | 0941 | ||
| Vehicle registration | R | ||
| Website | www.regensburg.com | ||
| Imperial City of Regensburg | ||||||||||
| Reichsstadt Regensburg (German) | ||||||||||
| Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Regensburg | |||||||||
| Government | Republic | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | First settled | Stone Age | ||||||||
| • | Gained Imperial immediacy (Reichsfreiheit)a | 1245 | ||||||||
| • | City annexed by Bavaria | 1486–96 | ||||||||
| • | City adopted Reformation | 1542 | ||||||||
| • | Made permanent seat of the Imperial Diet | 1663 | ||||||||
| • | Mediatised to new Archbishopric2 | 27 April 1803 | ||||||||
| • | Ceded to Bavaria by Treaty of Paris | 1810 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | |||||||||
| a: The Bishopric of Regensburg acquired Imperial immediacy around the same time as the City. Of the three Imperial Abbeys in Regensburg, Niedermünster had already acquired immediacy in 1002, St. Emmeram's Abbey did in 1295 and Obermünster in 1315. b: The Bishopric, the Imperial City and all three Imperial Abbeys were mediatised simultaneously. |
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| Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof | |
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| Location | Germany |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, iii, iv |
| Reference | 1155 |
| UNESCO region | Europe and North America |
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| Inscription | 2006 (30th Session) |
Regensburg (German pronunciation: [ˈʁeːɡŋ̍sbʊɐ̯k]; Latin: Castra-Regina, English: Ratisbon) is a city in south-east Germany, situated at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. With over 140,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the fourth-largest city in the State of Bavaria after Munich, Nuremberg and Augsburg. The city is the political, economic and cultural centre of Eastern Bavaria and the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate.
The medieval centre of the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a testimony of the city's status as cultural centre of southern Germany in the Middle Ages. In 2014, Regensburg was among the top sights and travel attractions in Germany. Generally known in English as Ratisbon until well into the twentieth century, the city is known as Ratisbonne in French and as Ratisbona in Italian, Portuguese and Albanian.
The first settlements in Regensburg date from the Stone Age. The Celtic name Radasbona was the oldest given to a settlement near the present city. Around AD 90, the Romans built a fort there.
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