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The Best Attractions In Upper Palatinate

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The Best Attractions In Upper Palatinate

  • 1. Walhalla Donaustauf
    The Walhalla is a hall of fame that honors laudable and distinguished people in German history – politicians, sovereigns, scientists and artists of the German tongue; thus the celebrities honored are drawn from Greater Germany, a wider area than today's Germany, and even as far away as Britain in the case of several Anglo-Saxons who are honored. The hall is a neo-classical building above the Danube River, east of Regensburg in Bavaria. The Walhalla is named for the Valhalla of Norse Paganism. It was conceived in 1807 by Crown Prince Ludwig in order to support the gathering momentum for the unification of the many German states. Following his accession to the throne of Bavaria, construction took place between 1830 and 1842 under the supervision of the architect Leo von Klenze. The memoria...
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  • 2. Cathedral of St Peter's Regensburg
    The Regensburg Cathedral , dedicated to St Peter, is the most important church and landmark of the city of Regensburg, Germany. It is the seat of the Catholic diocese of Regensburg. The church is the prime example of Gothic architecture in Bavaria.
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  • 4. Old Town Regensburg
    Regensburg is a city in south-east Germany, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. With nearly 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the fourth-largest city in the State of Bavaria after Munich, Nuremberg and Augsburg. The city is the political, economic and cultural centre and capital of the Upper Palatinate. The medieval centre of the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2014, Regensburg was among the top sights and travel attractions in Germany.
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  • 8. Flossenburg Concentration Camp and Museum Flossenburg
    Flossenbürg concentration camp was a Nazi concentration camp built in May 1938 by the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office at Flossenbürg, in the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria, Germany, near the border with Czechoslovakia. Until its liberation in April 1945, 89,964 prisoners passed through the camp, around 30,000 of whom died there.
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  • 12. St. Emmeram Church Regensburg
    Saint Emmeram of Regensburg was a Christian bishop and a martyr born in Poitiers, Aquitaine. He died circa 652 and is buried in St. Emeram's in Regensburg, Germany. His feast day in the Catholic Calendar of saints is September 22.
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