Geography of Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany, a city in Bavaria. It is sometimes called Ratisbon in English. Regensburg is a port on the Danube River, 65 miles (105 km) north of Munich. Regensburg's products include boats, books, musical instruments, stained glass, chemicals, pencils, furniture, and food and tobacco products.
Regensburg was settled by Celts about 500 B.C. and became a Roman military post in 179 A.D. Prospering after its capture by Charlemagne in 788, Regensburg became a free city of the Holy Roman Empire in 1245. The city's power began to decline in the 15th century and was virtually ended by plagues and capture during the Thirty Years' War, 1618-48. Napoleon took Regensburg in 1809 and gave it to Bavaria. Still standing in the city are a 2nd-century Roman gate, a 7th-century abbey, a 13th-century cathedral, and the city hall that was seat of the imperial diet (assembly), 1663-1806. An important airplane manufacturing center during World War II, the city was bombed repeatedly.
Population: 123,700.