last so much impact will have. because change doesn't happen on its own going to. make up your own mind. w e phone lines. and . welcome to this new special edition of check in this time we focus on 3 cities in bavaria that are all home to unesco world heritage sites. explores fruits book. because shows us around 3 town. and then

dives into our water management history our 1st destination on this special edition of judge is fruits book in 1901 the city splendid baroque palace the residence was named a world heritage site. my destination today verts burg the city is located in the various more precisely in the franconia region let's start on the old mine bridge landmark of hertzberg. it was built from 14th $76.00 and for a long time it was the only river crossing between the old town and the fortress. 12 statues of saints lined the bridge. the old mine bridge is the. perfect starting

point for discovering verts birth from here you can see many of the important sites and i'll be checking out those spots and on top of that i'll do some wine tasting because this region here is known for its about the culture. but 1st i want to get an overview and start with a short tour through verts burke's old town. the town hall is only a few steps away from the old mine bridge it has many buildings and faces. that is the red building that's the so-called cut off in a cut and here we have the main facade. in the marketplace stands the gothic machine capital a church that was financed by the citizens of the 1st spring that was a thorn in the side of the bishop which is why he did not appoint a priest and for this reason the church is still called capella or chapel. and now to a highlight of the city. hertzberg is not

a particularly big city by today's standards but it used to be a center of power for influential bishops and they lived in this building diverse burke residence the palace added garden are unesco world heritage site. the palace was built in the 18th century to plans by architect has on women it's a french palace design view nice and italian architectural art. verts burgers not only known for its residents but also for its wine. the book is one of the largest wineries in germany it can be visited with guided tours and that's exactly what i do. winery manager. first shows me the wine press all. here the grapes are delivered in fall after the harvest and processed into wine. which is stored one floor below. you we

are in our wooden barrel cellar or we have 160 big wooden casket here and this isn't just for shoe. best white wines here right in the castle controlling the temperature because we want to squeeze the last drop of quality of . the tile is the wine estate with 120 heck tears and produces up to 1000000 bottles of wine and here unlike other wineries it's also a foundation ringback the proceeds from wine sales go to finance social services inverts burke. wine from this region is easily recognizable by the bubble shape of its bottle. despite. a peer is called a box boy why is that. wine was 1st bottled in the box bottle here in the

book in 726 it was a ship that was a new until then was very difficult to produce in terms of the structure. we wanted to meet the special bottle a symbol of the high quality of. the self is even older dating back over 700 years and speaking of great age this also applies to a special treasure in the wine cellar. this is our most precious jewel. in the simon family in london. very very old wines and among them is the world's all authentic bottle of wine. he says shine vineyard wiring in the 1540s with. their wine is almost 500 years old can you still drink it. seems there's

a new church from a prominent wine critic hugh johnson had the opportunity to taste the 2nd bottle you see here left of the center in 1961 that's 59 years ago johnson confirmed in several interviews that it was the wine of his life. that. vertebrata surrounded by vignettes that are known for their good quality and they not only provide a delicious wine they're also set in a beautiful landscape. and you can also take a wonderful walk through them. for example if you want to go up to the mountain back fortress. this is where the prince bishops lift before the residence was built . hello good afternoon. in the outer courtyard i meet the guide georgia. she takes me on a tour. this is where the horses lived and here this courtyard

yes in this area here on the south side of the yacht you see the little gates that with the entrances to the stables and the many rings on the wall that's where they tied up the horses. the in the courtyard is behind the gate. most of the buildings date from the renaissance. i'll show you the very oldest part of the fortress that you can still see that's the castle keep . the fortified tower from the middle ages would serve the ruling family as a refuge if attackers happened to breach the main gate. today in the tower has 2 entrances they went there in the middle ages of course you could only get in through one door about 10 meters up from media. content i mean time yeah reached it

by a lot of. luck. and what did they do with the 1st 10 major. battle it was a dungeon. this was a bottle dungeon to prisoners were let down through a hole on the rope letter with unexpected difficulties. he was a bit tell him so they had to remove some of the edge stones to throw him down there. bought off to 6 weeks imprisonment he came out looking like he was in his best years no fast and actually quite handsome. the tour concludes at the brock prince's garden with a magnificent view of the city.

it is leaving inverts berg i have back towards the old mine bridge. many people come here for the book and shop and in other words drink a glass of franconian wine on the bridge and soak up the atmosphere. there is a lot going on too much perhaps in corona types so i prefer to keep my distance at a table alone. once you come here it will hopefully be possible again to enjoy the wine on the bridge and then you shouldn't miss. it. our 2nd stop on this check in special is making for the old town was added to the unesco world heritage less than 2006 i'm standing above the danube 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 and germany. i mean reagan's park and the very end to be honest the bridge doesn't look that old that's because it's been completely wrist. and over the past few years after all reagan's work has a title to defend it says 2006 its old town including this bridge has been a unesco world heritage site today i want to get to know regensburg what attracts a visitor is 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. the fact that reagan's bergen 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 signs of the middle ages. the church vilified jews the sculpture shows them suckling from a pig a deliberate insult and humiliation as they exert considered unclean and judaism. even so the building as a whole is an impressive monument next to the one in cologne reagan's birth cathedral is considered to be germany's most extraordinary gothic cathedral.

ring and berg was not only important because it became a bishop seems 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 was held for over 114 years. to find out more about what that was and what it meant for the city i'm meeting the director of the reagans bird museums dogless get to. bring. us up to what exactly was the perpetual diet book from the 17th to the early 19th century 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 on tibet horror at least not for 143 years until 1806. when the takes the whole. i mustn't of the daughter what their rights talk mean for reagan was a good imo i imagine so many powerful people coming here when money was being spent and it probably brought the city some other perks to. stop over in the to leave. was a prosperous city and an international meeting place. almost every aspect was rented out to diet envoys or to their entourages the city was booming a lot of diplomats held negotiations with other countries here because it was the shortest distance to travel. and back then the city had international flow so.

1 next i have an appointment with my ts fi tak at the noise plots where he shows me the outlines of the former jewish synagogue. dragon'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 where. coverage during construction work on one. you can. see. as you've probably noticed we're underground now. in the wall with the arc that's classical middle ages about 700 to 800 years old it's now if you take a step forward and look down over the parapet you see those stones. shelter they may not look that special but they're from roman times 2000 years ago. and if we go through this arc we come to a 2nd cellar. you know and so i think

a lot. of the into this what's interesting here is that all the sellers in the documentation center come from the former jewish quarter in reagan's bourg this. was all. well his names and so what we're seeing here are traces of the jewish families in the reagan spork the excavations took 3 years and archaeologists even found a gold treasure the documentation center doesn't have signs or a big maze on sen the structure can only be accessed on guided visits but don't let that scare you off it's really worth it. next to the historic stone bridge you'll find the worst cool the sausage kitchen a true reagan's very 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 burns most famous

bratwurst or charcoal grill sausages are made. the next couch 6 on sauerkraut is the name of this typical dish simple bud really good. just right if you're feeling peckish on your tour. our final destination on this special edition of check in is alex book the city's historic water management system was granted unesco world heritage status in 2019. outspokenness one of the oldest cities in germany with a favorable location on the reverse make and that.

there is plenty of water in the city center to them. both several monumental fountains. water and will and what the people of oak book made of it that's going to be the common theme for my tour of the city today and as always i have a lot on my list a palace for art industrial monuments a boat trip and i really would like to see the birthplace of it so let's go. this is the center of all spoke the town hall is located on the square at the end of. this renaissance building is magnificent although it was almost completely destroyed by bombing in the 2nd world war it was rebuilt in the original style for many centuries was an important political center as a prince bishopric and

a free imperial city. the golden hall recalls the city's former splendor. a bust the front door a picture shows that water was seen as the source of the city's wealth. you can find water everywhere in the old town of book like this will with spring water that you can drink. and this is the waterworks at the red gate it is the oldest preserved waterworks in germany. it is part of course historic water management system. and is

a unesco world heritage site. the ensemble of towers and well houses has supplied drinking water to the people of book for almost 500 years. paddle wheels over the canal helped transport the water up into the towers from there the fountains in the city were supplied with fresh water. today only the structures and the plants remain. but at the. last on the lake river you get an idea of how the people of used their wealth of water later in the 19th century. to prevent recurring epidemics such as cholera a new water works was built in 878 this allowed the households to be supplied with

clean drinking water directly via pipes at the time this state of the art technology caused a sensation through our jurors. you can see the wealth of book as well as the water in many places in the city. this is. the front is rather narrow at only 1000 meters but the building is over 100 meters long it is the form a city palace of an oak spoke banker built at the end of the 18th century the last owner gave the palace to the city of book on the condition that it never be sold and only be used for cultural purposes. dish it sloppily is primarily a museum city. it presents masterpieces from past centuries. the

collection includes paintings from the late middle ages and the early renaissance. and of course there's also a portrait of one of the most important book residents ever. does better think this painting is probably the most important in our collection this is an icon of our explore glocal history. of the rich the bill gates of the 16th century but there's plenty of sway to be an understatement here and a house that understatement doesn't catch work well you can see that there is no jewelry there are no visible hands. that i always see as his dark cabin door code and the further he's wearing as well as the very valuable brigade hat that point to his wealth. this reserve was very typical for swabian merchants this took an even dozen and guns to push for and trade mission culture.

in the nation quarter of spoke the playwright better placed was born here in 898 in a typical artist house for a long time the city had a rather complicated relationship with its most famous son who chose to live in east germany when he returned from exile at the end of the 2nd world war. the house he was born in has been the museum since 1985. here comes in yes we have some original pieces this is the baptism and confirmation silverware received by a baritone president and this is its original just you know his original to the silverware is definitely original gloss and especially charming is a silver bracelet that british gave to his 1st love. whose portrait you can see here. it was her 18th birthday that's the original silver bracelet and.

why does your guest look like a rock star here by let's hear anything it was after his international breakthrough with the threepenny opera which premiered in 1970 berlin. on the foreign comedy came back to his hometown and was photographed by the famous court photographer according to address to. the photography is wearing a leather coat smoking a cigar among these both became part of his image. of the these are very famous pictures on the floor and in front of them is our most valuable piece a sculpture made on the basis of a life mask. it was made by paul harmon in 1930. 5.

my last stop in the book also has something to do with water and tradition since the 19th century. fox has rented robots to explore the area's waterways legend says that the young battled breast went rowing here with his 1st love. if i want to go fast on the water what should i do as a stretch out your legs keep your a body straight keep the oars in the water for as long as possible and pull with a lot of power and i'll be the fastest let's find out so if addition. indymedia right here you go you go to the middle of the boat turn your back to me and stretch out your legs. perfect. so have fun affect fish boss.

there is a challenge waiting for me to race on the outs book mold against my editor on p.b.s. . not that easy. going direct relations. i made it. if you visit spork you just can't ignore the topic of water fountains rivers industrial history if you let yourself be guided by water you can make many connections here from the romans to the present or from bank to baton placed that's all spoke she is. thank you. thank.

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