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i'm standing above the danny. 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 believe to be the oldest surviving bridge and germany. i'm in reagan's work in bavaria 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, regensburg has a title to defend those 2006. it's old town including this bridge has been a unesco world heritage site. today i want to get to know regensburg what attracts 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. ah. will
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also show you nearby valves and book abbey. we'll find out what the growing popularity of cruise ship tourism means for regensburg and we'll catch up with our globe trotter in the city of carina in columbia. ah who the fact that regensburg as 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. oh,
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the church vilified juice me this sculpture shows them suckling from a pig, a deliberate insult and humiliation as pigs are considered unclean and judaism blue. even so the building as a whole is an impressive monument next to the one in cologne. regensburg cathedral is considered to be germany's most extraordinary gothic cathedral. mm ah ah regensburg 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 and the old town hall, the perpetual diet or rice talk was held for over a 140 years. ah,
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to find out more about what that was and what it meant for the city. i'm meeting the director of the regensburg museums dollars. gaston mealy banking or land was had one exactly was the perpetual diet rings burglar in from the 17th to the early 19th century americans book was actually the capital of europe, a bit like brussels today. that was a lip. the natural diet was convened in 1663, just a few years after the 30 years war summoned my representatives from all countries from all cities gathered here that 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 people, or at least not for a 143 years until 18 o 6. yes, demure arts, 106. the one that i owned feared sick. yon v is dead. why wasn't set up in
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regensburg links, book bash on in the several big gatherings had already taken place in pagans book. look good. the city is located on the danube and the door now. so the emperor was able to travel to vienna along the river in the roses money. that infrastructure was unique and offered short travel times, messages could reach the chancery in vienna within 3 days, and vice versa, anomaly neither annoying. as the next to the infrastructure, there was a 2nd key factor, namely that regensburg was an imperial city by me. and i thought it was not part of the surrounding dutchy of bavaria, but was directly subordinate to the emperor and more or less belong to him. it to her to cause it to him. lesson number die don't, wasn't the rice tag mean for regensburg doesn't get on a. i imagine so many powerful people coming here meant money was being spent and had probably brought the city some other perks. total law tie for he started up, natalie. as of course law pagans book was
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a prosperous city and an international meeting place is meet with an at ice box. almost every attic was rented out to diet envoys or to their entourage. as the city was booming, performed a lot of diplomats held negotiations with other countries here because it was a short distance to travel up nolasco handled as back then the city had international flat to monthly. and these outside douglas gaston calls my attention to an interesting mural. the bird on the wall is standing on one foot and holding a stone in its claw. it's meant to remind the envoys to pay close attention to the debates. whoever falls asleep as dropping the ball or hear the stone and disturbing the diet. admittedly, there is no way for me to know how the envoys spend their free time all those years ago. but my guess would be that more than once, they found themselves just a couple of kilometers of the river at the danube gorge. it's where belt and book convent stance. it's home to one of germany's oldest breweries and up to this day,
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well worth a visit. the most beautiful route to visit him book abbey takes her across the river through the daniel gorge between limestone, wools up to 70. meet his hein? for the full experience hub on excellent, the traditional boat of the gun. you've fishermen put it all is good. and goodwin, once upon a time rowing was the only option that i was to, but no one does that any more that we submitted it. now we have a motor flight, but we often turn it off to give people the full experiences, get rid of rooms. you can hear the silence. it's very specials because on that is well yet when you hear nothing, you can see a lot. ah, for example, you can see the rock formation, the 3 warring brothers. alternatively, you could hike like haiti and hammond, the man for them. hiking is not recreation,
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it's work. the couple runs the small restaurant eyes. he'd like your style or little hermitage, which you can only reach by foot. it's worth the journey. the building complex used to be a franciscan monastery founded by hermit. the unique church has no proper roof, only the cliff which curves overhead. the frescoes with biblical scenes are from the 16th century. hammond lehman found out by chance that the historic hermitage was for sale and turned it into a heritage site. is a windows june of his enclosure, mar, visit, beautiful rock. church had been closed for years in fork was long. i wanted to put it back in the spotlight and open it to the public. your thoughts? oh, miss bar maha. the 1st guests arrived early in the
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morning and are given a tour of a cave right next to the church. as are you in the hulu, goat or from the this cave is called gold oven, as an alchemist once lived here. and so for these pits and the rocks were carved by hand and housed wooden beams, used probably to support a wooden houses and mr. we reach our destination that im book abby. an impressive building right on the danube. months settled here and around the years, 617. that makes it the oldest monastery in bavaria. over the years, the benedictine monks kept on building their abbey. the 18th century church owes explained it to the us. some brothers who designed many barack churches in bavaria . but for many guess, the reason they came is,
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the beer garden beer has been brewed in the monastery for more than 1000 years. another reason why more than half a 1000000 people come to very to look abby every year. where are you from either or on his band is magdalana. we're from south korea from who's on the job very much this glow stuff. and it was a this via cheers. back in the slightly rainy regensburg. i have an appointment with mateus pi tuck at the 9 pop let's he shows me the outlines of the former jewish synagogue. regensburg is like many, many evil cities. if you dig here, it's likely you'll discover something. in 1995 traces of the 2000 year history of the city were uncovered during construction work on no far plots it himself.
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yeah. mm hm. the connect, as you've probably noticed, we're under ground now in down to what's exciting here is that you can see recognizable old remains. so i didn't with the wall with the arc leisure. that's classical middle ages, about 700 to 800 years old. and even because octal did ya hood, if engine should, now, if you take a step forward and looked down over the parapet home, you see those stones shiny, they may not look dental vishal to who but their from roman time is 2000 years ago . slide 1000, yahoo! revolution isn't when if we go through this arc, we come to a 2nd seller of your common as we gets here in an old slide. and kayla and thought was interesting here is that all the sellers in the documentation center. he'll come from the former jewish order in a ginsberg since kayla this e mailing year edition filipinos in eggs put on tom was through his ins and to so what we're seeing here are traces of the jewish families, innovations,
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poor the humphrey from they lived in the city for 500 years. hm. and then the toward the end of the middle ages is when regensburg was impoverished and needed a scapegoat, exclusion and discrimination of jews and began to increase stelling, the fist dusty alsco, and somebody discontinue, who pseudonyms on them, your phone. it all culminated in 1519 if when the approximately 500 people living here were driven out in full dimension simply expel from the city. i was given via an pat august beta huffman. they demolished the abandoned buildings just a few days later on in the probably so that no one would ask what had been there before organics delete the and on the resulting square, they built a church out, which is the neu fox hears you think about, which is why it's called neu or new has the thing, it's noise power plots above the surface to day listen, there's nothing to see of those demolished houses in, but the sellers are preserved underground to the excavations at night far plants
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took 3 years during which time archaeologist, even found a gold treasure, the documentation center. it doesn't have signs or a big mess on send. the structure can only be accessed on guided visits. but don't let that scare you off. it's really worth it. mm hm. ah, i'm to hop on over to the other side of the pond to meet our globetrotters steve heinous. he's been visiting columbia caribbean coast off we go to got back in. ah, just thought things up here in catalina. we take part in a free tour to get an overview of the old town and all the things he needs to see here in the city center. katarina was founded in 1533 by a spanish commander, and became the main port for tre, between spain and its overseas empire. in 1984 catalina's port fortress and other
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monuments, including the walled old town, were designated a unesco world heritage site. another cool thing to do and cut off as to walk the old city wall, which is especially cool in the afternoon when you have the best light to take some awesome photographs and a salt away can see the contrast of the old city. and then you will swap and how to finish off and often walk on the old city wall at the coffee tomorrow, which is probably one of the best spots to watch the sunset. today we drove one hour up the coast from catalina to it. to do more. this is the volcano filth was hot months and were basically here. take it off in it as well. panel is 23 meters high and has a depth of 2300 meters. i mean not the much,
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but who can on general with when i walk a sort of neighborhood where we're saying it's all gets emmy and it's a really cool area. it's the up and coming neighborhood. right next to the old town . mm. mm. mm. breakfast. yeah. and then we take the bus and i would take a motor, taxi, and, and think on then we arrived and offer an hour ahead. model effective the sets
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up for a timing caterina is actually a little fishing village, 3 hours south of caterina to get a taste of the local life. and to be in a spot with way less tourists. and i think on them are totally in the spot for that. the price is 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. and what have you done? in columbia right next to be a story, stone bridge. you'll find the worst cuckoo, the sausage kitchen, a true regensburg classic. in the 12th century, the building was used as a storage room for construction equipment. later it was turned into an eatery. and
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since the beginning of the 19th century, it's where regensburg most famous brat, forest, or char, cold grilled sausages, are made good . i haven't been told that your restaurant isn't to be missed to what's so special about it. rescue from focus on this as ones that are shown here. i was so suggest which we make plaza. so a call child, which we also make ourselves with legs off clout 6 on sour crowd, is the name of this typical dish. simple, but really good. and just right, if you're feeling packet on your tor after being declared unesco world heritage site in 2006 regensburg experience of full blown tourism. boom numbers of visitors have stored ever since. and one of the main reasons for
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that is the growing popularity of river cruises on the damn you. 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 pagans book becomes the unesco world heritage side. fantastic. i hope for this for a long time after 5 in they will euphoric celebrations in the city. you know, we did it well, heritage status is a rare distinction. but today i sat through it with almost cherry. we're happy then and we were proud of officers, but things have gotten out of hand. like i was artists. we would know that we wanted to be a world heritage decide what the consequences. nobody really thought about the consequences of what we just wanted to get in the tourist brochures. the up is one of the and there was a big go back. man, what do i get to like at 1st it was nice to see. so many people come in, but now it's turned
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a little like it just gone to for some reagan's book is the onslaught has become too much. the city continues to attract masses every year the tourism office analysis, new reco, it's for overnight stays, day trevors and cruise lines. his passengers stole through the old town. if they came, they sometimes don't even remember what said you. they were in by the evening, which you bought on the number of giant river cruise ships has skyrocketed. the danube trip is especially popular among senior american and australian citizens, which is great for the city, but rather annoying to some locals. ah, the many are sick of the roaring diesel engines and the constant coming and going
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of the water bill and hotels didn't want that. it probably can't get much more than that. we have declined, but do we have to reach that maximum point considering what it costs? residents go? well, didn't want people living over there, don't like it either. yoga almost within the city recently limited the number of cruise ships to $1500.00 landings per year. but the boom since the unesco title has also brought other consequences, its lid investors and new construction projects are shooting up everywhere. real estate prices have exploded and the gentrification of the old town is progressing given by the tilted. now they also want more guided tours and hotel while residents hardly live there anymore. and i do show coming up, there are a few students who like to party one of older, but you can imagine a family or an old couple there anymore. although they're being forced out. unfortunately, some, even for the rings is lathers or the number of tourists increased again last year.
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but now he can spoke has put forward and new tourism plan, which tries to consider both visit his needs and the quality of life of those people who lived on the banks of the danube, which during peak season is lined with cruise ships. i meet with peter moss. bah, he had the organisation friends of wriggens burges, old town. it's one of the oldest citizens initiatives in germany. and as the name implies, it's concerned with preserving the cities historical heritage. their most recent qu was to prevent the construction of a convention center in the old town to hide from the rain we see cover in a former royal villa which to day houses, the bavarian monument office and was by mister almost. well, you previously worked as a tourist guide and regensburg once you take on this tourism boom from school home and i think it's very positive because i experienced the humble beginnings when they were 600 guided tours per year. who i now we have more than 6000 guided tours
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before it makes me happy. every time i walked through the city and see people from all over the world, enjoying regensburg prestige. did you also understand more critical voices? those who say it's too much for regensburg, it can, i know these voices, but i don't quite understand them because as in many cities and tourism here moves along specific paths just as in prague where it goes from the old town square to the charles bridge to prague castle in a pickle here, it's just over the stone bridge to the cathedral, to the old town hall and went to the left and right of this. it's calm and i don't have to walk right through the crowd when it's busy. i can also choose a side street, tiny side, concussive, aiden is indifferent. tell me a bit about the organization you lead and your work there. they come to me and i'll at flushing. yeah. tiasha formed as friends of the old town is a group that was founded in 1966. emmett has no political mandate and no direct power who uses one popped up, county mocked also it's committed to raising the alarm whenever the old town is threatened with any danger. dr. young, i think a fall told who the concrete example was in the early 19 seventy's when there were
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plans to build a major road along the danube from one end of the old town to the other hotel. say that the one 0, in long for an item in the village we simply held a protest there hung and prevented it from happening to put his tuten on your continent. austin: uh huh. for hinden them. can you weren't born in regensburg let you've lived here for a long time. what makes regensburg so unique? this is a good. that's a good question. i see a stock. i have a very strong emotional bond to the city and i feel at home here from day to house . if you knew what i always have will. cuz it was like when i stepped off the train in rome the 1st time and felt i'd been there before. you buy from way on just now i'm half reagan blue and half roman, so to speak, with his english dottie unforeseen leaves. this city is very much worth living in because it's preserved, it's historical structure, both in stone and in spirit items. so gotcha ok. debated or from heights the whole world was in regensburg during the perpetual diet committee come surveyed, in reagan's book to coast. this mixture of provincial and cosmopolitan is really
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something a beautiful kind to. so any physicians who owns is up and you're working hard to keep it that way. and then i'm, and what would you say to the 1st time visitor here in reagans for and whether they come by cruise ship or from somewhere else in germany? where would you send them? what's your top recommendation? things focus hinge must flood ones, caffeine, financial and he and his dad. it would us under soccer. i would put it differently hip ski, i wouldn't give any tips either. instead, i'd recommend just coming here staying a week and going where the wind takes you stops. will force discover the city on foot to visible. it's not like there's any other way to get around town and just rift along and like the city work, it's magic off and then follow your interests. you knocked him. are you looking for gothic architecture in the cathedral? he or are you after something romantic on issues or do you just want to sit in elegant cafes or experience the beauty of the river or take about just let it happen. awesome. i'm for you. thanks for the talk. if i get it, ah,
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