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BOOK YOUR STAY WITH THE REGENSBURG EXPERTSRELIGIOUS VARIETY IN REGENSBURG
Religious freedom – the theme of the UNESCO world heritage over centuries.
Come and learn more about the various religious influences.

GRÜSS GOTT, SHALOM, SALAM
AN INTERRELIGIOUS CITY TOUR
Grüß Gott, Shalom, Salam – that’s how
members of three major world religions
who peacefully cohabit in Regensburg
greet one another. They have all left theirmark in the old town, which is why awalk through it highlights their uniquefeatures and differences, as well as many90 |NEWcommonalities. For example, how thelittle David conquered the giant Goliath– a story recounted in the Torah, Bibleand Koran alike. In this way, Regensburg
allows you to repeatedly witness how
the religions coexist and interact, and see
how religious diversity can enrich a city.

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FROM NOBLE CANONESSES TO IRO-SCOTTISH MONKSCHURCHES, CONVENTS AND MONASTERIES
According to a famous witticism,Regensburg has as many churches andchapels as there are days in the year.
While that may be a bit of an exaggeration, visitors wandering around the city
for the first time are often struck by thehigh concentration of religious buildings
in such a small space: from the episcopal
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church and cathedral, to the churches ofthe monasteries and convents, to parish
churches and private chapels. Their styles
span the full spectrum of European architectural history: from Romanesque toGothic to Baroque. So it can certainly besaid that the city’s history, art and culture is uniquely reflected in its churches.

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Scottish portalPROTESTANT REGENSBURG
Did you know that Regensburg is wearing the title “Reformation City of Europe”? With this title cities
are going to be honored which hold a significant historic relevance for the spreading of reformation.

PROTESTANT REGENSBURG
Not everyone knows that Regensburg
has a long Protestant tradition – and it’s
no wonder, given the fame of its cathedral, the Domspatzen cathedral choir,
and retired Pope Benedict XVI! The Free
Imperial City was indeed “purely Protestant” for generations following theReformation – albeit with the constantpresence of a Catholic prince-bishop:
120 |A complicated story teetering between
competition and coexistence! Added tothis is a European dimension: It was fromRegensburg that the Protestant faithspread to Bohemia, Austria and Hungary,and the city later welcomed large
numbers of religious refugees from thesecountries. Traces of this eventful history
can be found all over the city.

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Neupfarrkirche (protestant) with view to St. Peter’sCathedral (catholic) in the very front part of themonument where the old Jewish synagogue had been.

BOOK YOUR STAY WITH THE REGENSBURG EXPERTSCATHOLIC REGENSBURG
Discover the catholic side of the city and follow
the footsteps of the retired pope Benedict XVI.

ST. PETER’S CATHEDRALTHE SPIRITUAL HEARTOF REGENSBURG

Priceper group85 €The only Gothic Cathedral in Bavaria isthe heart oft he diocese and Regensburg’s best known landmark. Afteradmiring the impressive front you canfeel the grandeur of the building when
you enter it and see the marvelous lightcreated by the glass windows.
The world’s largest hanging organ
accompanies the famous boys’ choir
Regensburger Domspatzen on mass time.
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DOMPLATZ 5 | 93047 Regensburg
Tel.: +49 941 597-1662 | Fax: -1663
domfuehrungen@bistum-regensburg.de

REGENSBURGER
DOMSPATZENCATHEDRAL SPARROWSAs St. Peter’s Cathedral is also homeof the Regensburger Domspatzen, theoldest boys’ choir of the world. You canlisten to them at Sunday at 10 am attending the mass (except during Bavarianvacation times in summer from beginning of August until mid of September).

“REGENSBURG IS WHERE I’M TRULY AT HOME”
This is how the former pope BenedictXVI, who retired from office in 2013,
described his close ties with the city.
He spent three full days here during
his 2006 visit – the first papal visit ina thousand years! But what are theseclose ties based on? There are a numberof sites which have been important to
Benedict XVI since his days as a professor
90 |at the university. His brother Georg,
former director of the world-famous
Domspatzen cathedral choir, lives inRegensburg. His parents and sister are
buried in Regensburg. And his private
home, which has now been converted
into a documentation and community
centre, is located in Pentling, nearRegensburg.

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Pope Benedict XVI visits Regensburg in 2006.

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BOOK YOUR STAY WITH THE REGENSBURG EXPERTSJEWISH REGENSBURG
Germany and the Jews – that is deeply connected talking about German history. And it isimportant to understand that Jewish history did not start and end with that dark part of history.

ZACHOR – REMEMBER!
DISCOVER THE JEWISH REGENSBURG
From the start of the early Middle Ages,Regensburg, a large and cosmopolitancity at the time, was also home to Jews,
who were actively involved in the city’s
economic growth. At times, it had one ofGermany’s largest and most prominent
Jewish communities.

Excavations in the 1990s uncovereda horde of well preserved structural
remains, some of which are impressivelypresented in the “documentNeupfarrplatz”. But Jewish Regensburg
remains alive and well in many otherareas too ...

The Jewish quarter was located in
the heart of the city, though this wascompletely destroyed after Jews wereexpelled in 1519. Today, it is the site ofNeupfarrplatz.

During that tour you will also passby the house in which Oskar Schindler
and his wife (“Schindler’s list”) wereliving in Regensburg.

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25 | The “document Neupfarrplatz” is included in this tour.

DOCUMENT NEUPFARRPLATZ
The document Neupfarrplatz combines
the medieval Jewish history to an air-raid
shelter from World War II (a ring shelterbuilt directly in the middle of thefundaments of the old medieval Jewishtown). I tell you, history can not be
more fascinating. Regensburg’s greatest
60 |Priceper grouparchaeological excavaction to this day.
The crosssection ranges from Roman
officer’s dwellings through the medieval
Jewish quarter with its synagogue (todaya monument where the synagogue has
been designed by Dani Karavan) to an
air-raid shelter from World War II.

Price
per group65 €25For bookings: Office Museum guides | Keplerstraße 5 | 93047 Regensburg
Tel.: +49 941 507-3442 | Fax.: -5442 | museumsfuehrungen@regensburg.de

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