i'm standing above the day over on the shore you can see the beautiful old town and this bridge is the stone bridge built at the beginning of the 12th century it's believed to be the oldest surviving bridge in germany. i mean reagan's work and the variable to be honest the bridge doesn't look that old that's because it's been completely restored over the past few years after all reagan's work has a title to the bend and since 2006 its old town including this bridge has been a unesco world heritage site today i want to get to know reagan's one attract visitors to this unesco world heritage site and what does the constant influx of tourists mean for the city this much is certain it's going to be a journey through 2000 years of history and. we'll also show you nearby vets and book happy.
to find out what the growing popularity of cruise ship tourism means for reagan's burg. and we'll catch up with our globe trotter in the city of kharkiv in colombia. the fact that reagan's burg is such an old and well preserved city is largely thanks to it not having been destroyed in the wars and its importance as an imperial city in past centuries. a testimony to its former significance is the gothic cathedral construction began in the 13th century. and the cathedral tells us a lot about that time as the facade also depicts the crueler side in the middle ages. the church vilified jews. this culture shows them suckling from
of the middle ages when reagan's work with them and needed a scapegoat exclusion and discrimination of jews began to increase. first those. it's going to be often fit all culminated in 1519 when the approximately 500 people living here were driven out. simply expelled from the city using real. bad though they demolished the abandoned buildings just a few days later probably so that no one would ask but it been there before. and on the resulting square they built a church which is the noise issue. which is why it's called noise or new. plots. above the surface today there's nothing to see of those demolished houses but the sellers are preserved underground. the excavations at $95.00 plots took 3
already taken place in reagan's book the city is located on the danube and the door now so the emperor was able to travel to vienna along the river this is one that infrastructure was unique and offered short travel times messages could reach the chancery in vienna within 3 days and vice versa. the next to the infrastructure there was a 2nd key factor namely that reagan's book was an imperial city like that it was not part of the surrounding duchy of the various but was directly subordinate to the emperor and more or less belonged to him it because it's so he. i must have a daughter what did the rice tag mean for reagan's bird again imo i imagine so many powerful people coming here and money was being spent and it probably brought the city some other perks to the stop over in the to live as of course pagans book was a prosperous city and an international meeting place. almost every aspect was
a little fishing village street alice saw the property enough to get a taste of the local life and to be in a spot with a way less tourists and i think from then off so many is far more that. the prices for good food straight from the source were low and the beach was simply perfect with nobody trying to sell you souvenirs this was truly a place to enjoy. what have you done in colombia. right next to be a story stone bridge you'll find the most cool called the sausage kitchen a true reagan's bird classic in the 12th century the building was used as a storage room for construction equipment later it was turned into an eatery and since the beginning of the 19th century it's where reagan's bergs most famous
i loved about reagan's birth is the fact that there is an interesting story waiting around every corner from the romans of the middle ages to the efforts of solving early european conflicts and the right stock plus the regional specialties are delicious no wonder really are in the very after all.
awful for him don sometimes you weren't born in regensburg but you've lived here for a long time what makes regensburg so unique. this is a that's a good question if you're stuck i have a very strong emotional bond to the city and i feel at home here for being so what i always have it was like when i stepped off the train in rome the 1st time and felt i'd been there before you marshall boy just now i'm half and half roman so to speak and you start here in this city is very much worth living in because it's preserved its historical structure both in stone and in spirit. the whole world was in reagan's book during the perpetual diet but he comes across this mixture of presidential and cosmopolitan is really something that beautiful i mean processions and your working hard to keep it that way. what would you say to the 1st time visitor here and i think it's for whether they come by cruise ship or from
leaving in that. matter what exactly was the perpetual diet book from the 17th to the early 19th century and reagan spoke was actually the capital of europe a bit like brussels today. the natural diet was convened in 1663 just a few years after the 30 years' war when representatives from all countries from all cities gathered here they were supposed to discuss taxes and military issues but the talks then dragged on for so long that they never came to a final agreement and went to bed horror at least not for 143 years until $1806.00 yes tim yatta not takes the whole not. be instead why was it set up in reagan's burg latest book passion in the several big gatherings had already taken place in. the city is located on the danube the door now so the
for that. the prices for good food straight from the source were low and the beach was simply perfect with nobody trying to sell you souvenirs this was truly a place to enjoy. what have you got in colombia. right next to be a story stonebridge you'll find the vilest cool called the sausage kitchen a true reagan's bird classic in the 12th century the building was used as a storage room for construction equipment later it was turned into an eatery and since the beginning of the 19th century it's where reagan's bergs most famous bratwurst or charcoal grills sausages are made. just. a young girl i've been told that your restaurant isn't to be missed
even so the building as a whole is an impressive monument next to the one in cologne rainsford cathedral is considered to be germany's most extraordinary gothic cathedral. reagan's berg was not only important because it became a bishop seed fairly early on the danube was a significant trade and traffic route and here on its banks in the old town hall the perpetual diet or rice stock was held for over 140 years with. us to find out more about what that was and what it meant for the city i'm meeting the director of the reagans birth museums scarce. it'll. be