Regensburg
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| Regensburg | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
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| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Oberpfalz |
| District | Urban district |
| City subdivisions | 18 districts |
| Lord Mayor | Hans Schaidinger (CSU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 80.76 km² (31.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 326 - 471 m |
| Population | 130,080 (29/09/2006) |
| - Density | 1,611 /km² (4,172 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | R |
| Postal codes | 93001 – 93059 |
| Area code | 0941 |
| Website | www.regensburg.de |
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| Capital | Regensburg | |||
| Government | Republic | |||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||
| - First settled | Stone Age | |||
| - Gained Reichsfreiheit¹ | 1245 | |||
| - City annexed by Bavaria | 1486 – 96 | |||
| - City adopted Reformation | 1542 | |||
| - Made permanent seat of the Reichstag |
1663 – 1806 |
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| - Mediatised to new Archbishopric² |
1803 |
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| - Ceded to Bavaria on Imperial collapse |
1806 |
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| 1: The Bishopric of Regensburg acquired Reichsfreiheit around the same time as the City. Of the three Imperial Abbeys in Regensburg, Niedermünster had already acquired Reichsfreiheit in 1002, St. Emmeram's Abbey did in 1295 and Obermünster in 1315. 2: The Bishopric, the Imperial City and all three Imperial Abbeys were mediatised simultaneously. |
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Regensburg is a city in the south of Germany, in the east of the state of Bavaria. It has about 130,000 inhabitants and a university.
