Regensburg
town in Bavaria, Germany
Regensburg (Czech: Řezno, Central and Northern Bavarian: Rengschburg) is a city in the south of Germany, in the east of the state of Bavaria. It has about 138,000 inhabitants and a university.
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 |
Subdivisions | 18 districts |
Government | |
• Lord Mayor | Hans Schaidinger (CSU) |
Area | |
• Total | 80.85 km2 (31.22 sq mi) |
Elevation | 326 - 471 m (−1,219 ft) |
Population (2016-12-31)[3] | |
• Total | 148,638 |
• Density | 1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Postal codes | 93001 – 93059 |
Dialling codes | 0941 |
Vehicle registration | R |
Website | www.regensburg.de |
Imperial City of Regensburg Reichsstadt Regensburg | |||||||||
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1245–1803 | |||||||||
Status | Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
Capital | Regensburg | ||||||||
Government | Republic | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• First settled | Stone Age | ||||||||
• Gained Reichsfreiheit¹ | 1245 | ||||||||
• City annexed by Bavaria | 1486 – 96 | ||||||||
• City adopted Reformation | 1542 | ||||||||
• Made permanent seat of the Reichstag | 1663 – 1806 | ||||||||
1803 1803 | |||||||||
1806 | |||||||||
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1: The Bishopric of Regensburg acquired Reichsfreiheit around the same time as the City. Of the three Imperial Abbeys in Regensburg, Niedermünster had already acquired Reichsfreiheit in 1002, St. Emmeram's Abbey did in 1295 and Obermünster in 1315. 2: The Bishopric, the Imperial City and all three Imperial Abbeys were mediatised simultaneously. |
Important people from RegensburgEdit
Konrad of Megenberg died in the city in 1374.[4]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ https://www.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Aktuell/05Staedte.html.
- ↑ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)". DESTATIS. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). January 2018.
- ↑ "Book of Nature". World Digital Library. 1481-08-20. Retrieved 2013-08-27. Check date values in:
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