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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 regensburg what 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. will also show you nearby vets and book abby. will 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 of the middle ages. the church vilified jews. this culture shows them suckling from a pig a deliberate insult and humiliation as pigs are considered unclean in judaism.
heritage 360 you see. if you're ever in regensburg and. looking for a really great place to eat this is the right spot or fake in the very heart of the city is a reagans for an institution the former brewery was taken over by students in 1977 and turned into a french southeast show. and . what 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 of to the efforts of
on the banks of the danube which during peak season is lined with cruise ships i meet with paid him last but he has the organization friends of reagan's birds oldtown it's one of the oldest citizens initiatives in germany and as the name implies it's concerned with preserving the city's historical heritage their most recent coup was to prevent the construction of a convention center in the old town to hide from the rain we seek cover in a former royal villa which today houses the bavarian monument office and was. really worked as a tourist guide and reagan's work what's your take on this tourism boom but i think it's very positive because i experienced the humble beginnings when there were 600 guided tours in the year here and now we have more than 6000 guided tours before that makes me happy every time i walk through the city and see people from all over the world enjoying drakensberg fest and it does do you also understand more critical voices those who say it's too much for regensburg it can show these voices
about 700 to 800 years old. to. its internship now if you take a step forward and look down over the parapet you see those stone. they may not look that special but there for a moment 2000 years ago taos and. then if we go through this arc we come to a 2nd seller who gets here. and. what's interesting here is that all the sellers in the documentation center come from the former jewish quarter in reagan's book since keller was. in the book. so what we're seeing here are traces of the jewish families innovations borg. they lived in the city for 500 years. then that they were the end of the middle ages when reagan's book was an offering and needed a scapegoat exclusion and discrimination of jews began to increase. their
when there were plans to build a major road along the danube from one end of the old town to the other to the window and longing for an item into the which we simply held a protest there and prevented it from happening to protest you or not it's just on the whole quick and on sometimes you weren't born in regensburg what you've lived here for a long time what makes regensburg so unique. that's a good question if you're stuck and i have a very strong emotional bond to the city and i feel at home here. for i always have we it was like when i stepped off the train in rome the 1st time and felt i'd been there before your martial way or i'm 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 and he was here
life of those people who live. on the banks of the danube which during peak season is lined with cruise ships i meet with peter maass but he has the organization friends of reagan's bergs old town it's one of the oldest citizens initiatives in germany and as the name implies it's concerned with preserving the city's historical heritage their most recent coup was to prevent the construction of a convention center in the old town to hide from the rain we seek cover in a former royal villa which today houses the bavarian monument office and was permitted on most value previously worked as a tourist guide in reagan's work what's your take on this tourism boom. i think it's very positive because i experienced the humble beginnings when there were 600 guided tours in the year or year and now we have more than 6000 guided tours before
more than half a 1000000 people come to vote in the abbey every year. where you're from here i have found that i'm not either for on a spread of years back there are now from south korea from busan the good very much this close up as the. the spear. 1 back in the slightly rainy reagan's burg i have an appointment with my ts paetec at the 95 flats he shows me the outlines of the former jewish synagogue. reagan's burg is like many many evil cities if you dig here it's likely you'll discover something in 1905 traces of the 2000 year history of the city were uncovered during construction work on a knife op that's. was. looking
a pig a deliberate insult and humiliation as pigs are considered unclean in judaism. even so the building as a whole is an impressive monument next to the one in cologne ribbons for a cathedral is considered to be germany's most extraordinary gothic cathedral. reagan's berg was not only important because it became a bishop seat 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.
some of the locals on the other hand aren't too enthusiastic about their new found fame. in summer of 2006 the old town of reagan's book becomes a unesco world heritage site for it's fantastic i hope for this for a long time before. they were euphoric celebrations in the city. you know we did it to the world heritage status is a rare distinction but today. god says it will share are happy for you and we were proud but things have gotten out of hand also ought to be what nobody ever really wanted to be a world heritage site because nobody really thought about the consequences we just wanted to get in the tourist brochures and there was a big boom back then were trying to sort it out 1st it was nice to see so many people come but now it's turned a little like it just going to. put some of the conspirators the own stores has