Regensburg (deu)

Regensburg

Regensburg ranks 577th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Timișoara, Iceland, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Memorable people born in Regensburg include Arnulf of Carinthia, John of Austria, and Albrecht Altdorfer. Memorable people who died in Regensburg include Johannes Kepler, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Arnulf of Carinthia. Regensburg has been the birth place of many politicians and noblemen and the death place of many politicians and noblemen. Regensburg is located in Germany.

Regensburg is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers, Danube's northernmost point. It is the capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the fourth-largest city in the State of Bavaria after Munich, Nuremberg and Augsburg and the 8th largest of all cities on the Danube river. From its foundation as an imperial Roman river fort, the city has been the political, economic and cultural centre of the surrounding region. Later, under the rule of the Holy Roman Empire, it housed the Perpetual Diet of Regensburg. Read more on Wikipedia