The cathedral
by MEdelmann
The cathedral looks absolutely amazing! It is a great masterpiece of gothic architecture in Germany. Construction works began in 1250 and it was completed some hundred years later, in 1525. Inside there can be found great artefacts and windows of different eras. Just click on the pictures to see the wonderful details of this magnifcant church!
Interesting...and easily missed
by leics
Unless you enter the Dom by the small door on the South side you will probably miss the sculpture on one of the arches to its right, and the information plaque near the door.
Its old, of course....no doubt from when the cathedral was built (between 1273 and 1320).
The sculpture points towards where the Medieval Jewish ghetto lay, to the south-west of the cathedral.
The sculpture shows two Jews, their heads long gone, suckling a female pig.
The plaque makes clear that the sculpture must be seen in the context of its own time, even though it is 'disconcerting' for the modern viewer.
It certainly underlines Medieval attitudes towards the local Jewish community.
Bier at the end of a walk around the green belt ..
by timdowd about Unter dem Linden
Good local food at reasonable prices especially lunch time. Obatz'da is a brie cheese mixed with paprika and onions served with radi (a local speciality) and the local Zwickelbier from the Thurn und Taxis brewery.
Neupfarrkirche
by richiecdisc
The Neupfarrkirche or Reformed Church was built in1540 and dominates its namesake cafe laden square. The square was a Jewish Ghetto in the middle ages and the church itself was built on the site of a former Synagogue.
Steinerne Brucke
by Lochlainn
The only Danube crossing for many miles for many years, this bridge is both testament to the power of the local 12th century merchants who had it built and a pretty major contributor to that wealth too! It originally had three towers, now just the Brucktor remains. The bridge played a role in the preservation of the town too in more recent times. Although a big air raid in 1943 left over 400 Regensburgers dead, the city had largely escaped the worst ravages of war. It was when the Danube bridges were destroyed in 1945 that the women of the city took action and demonstrated for peace. The town was occupied by American troops, but at least the fabric of the city had survived and did not share the fate of so many other urban centres in the path of the allied advance. When standing on this bridge, from which one has the most impressive vista of this fine city, spare a thought for those brave women who helped preserve it for your pleasure!