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Regensburg (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 49 00 54 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 49.0150 decimal degrees |
| Long: 012 05 44 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.0956 decimal degrees |
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Note: The city of Regensburg is located on right bank of Danube River at its confluence with the Regen. Romans founded it as a frontier post on a Celtic settlement in the 2nd century. It went to Charlemagne in 788; and prospered in the Middle Ages. French troops destroyed it in 1809. It passed into the possession of Bavaria in 1810. It was bombed in World War II, but most of its historic structures survived. The famous Steinerne Brücke, 1125-1146, across the Danube is famous as an outstanding example of medieval construction. The most notable church is the Cathedral of St. Peter, 1275-1524, is an important Gothic structure, with medieval stained glass. Regensburg is a thriving river port at the head of navigation on the Danube, and is a center of commerce, industry, and culture. It feature manufactures for motor vehicles, wood products, electronics, and steel. The 2004 estimated population was 128,800. |
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| Regensburg (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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| רגנסבורג (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Casra Regina (H,O)
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| Castra Regina (H,V)
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............ | Roman name for legionary camp, founded AD 179 |
| Radasbona (H,V)
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............ | Celtic name |
| Ratisbon (H,V)
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............ | obsolete English name |
| Ratisbona (H,V)
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............ | medieval name |
| Ratisbonne (H,O)
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| Regensburg-Prüfening (H,V)
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............ | Prüfening was subsumed under Regensburg in 1938 |
| Reginum (H,V)
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Raetia (historical region) (P,H) from 15 BCE |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Celts ca. 500 BCE, was Roman camp from 179 CE |
| city (C) |
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| district capital (C) |
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from early 19th century |
| port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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noted for museums, architecture and boys' choir, was home to 16th-century painter A Altdorfer and 17th-century astronomer J Kepler |
| tourist center (C) |
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| university center (C) |
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| episcopal see (C) |
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founded in 739 |
| archaeological site (C) |
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has many Roman remains |
| noble seat (C) |
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of Bavarian dukes in Herzogshof, from 13th cen.; of princes of Thurn & Taxis in former St. Emmeram's Abbey, from 1812 |
| political center (H) |
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was meeting place for imperial diet, 1532-1806, for Eternal Diet after Thirty Years' War in 17th cen. |
| imperial city (H) |
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status granted in 1250, was the only imperial free city in Bayern |
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Related geographic places: |
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Abusina .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Europe, Germany, Bavaria) [6000029] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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[BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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BHA, Authority file (1973-) |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 773 |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 1000-1001 |
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GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 8371 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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LC Name Authority Headings. [online] (2002-) Regensburg (Germany) NAF79129587, accessed 11 May 2004 |
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Marburger Index (1976-) |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1847451 |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) |
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Times Atlas of the World (1992) 163 |
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Times Atlas of World History (1993) 354 |
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USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1008 |
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