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| Regenstauf | ||
| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 16.343 (2019) | |
| height | 336 m | |
| Tourist info web | http://www.tourismusverein-regenstauf.de | |
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Regenstauf is a market town in the BavarianUpper Palatinate.
background
Regenstauf was first mentioned in a document around 970, the castle belonging to the Duchy of Upper Bavaria was destroyed in 1266 in the campaign of the Bohemian King Ottokar against the Bavarian dukes - already in 1326 the town of Regenstauf had market rights again. The eventful history was shaped by incursions by the Hussites, the place became Protestant in the 16th century, rejoined Catholicism in the Counter-Reformation and suffered repeatedly from troops passing through until the Thirty Years' War.
The Sebastian Chapel was built in 1713/14, and in 1786 J.W. von Goethe on his Italian journey through Regenstauf. Immediately again the place came to literary "honors", Thomas Mann refers in his story "The Railway Accident" to an incident with a train derailment in the year 1906, the English writer David Lindsay let himself through in his novel "A Voyage To Arcturus" Inspire the ascent to the observation tower.
getting there
By plane
The nearest international airports are those of Munich and Nuremberg.
By train / bus
The easiest way to get there by public transport is to take the line OBP1regensburg - 1 Regenstauf station - Schwandorf the Upper Palatinate Railway.
In the street
On the road you can reach the place on the highway A93 out regensburg, the 
37 Regenstauf leads to the center of the village. An alternative from the city of Regensburg is to use the federal highway B15, which runs along the river Regen Regentalstrasse St2149 of Nittenau past "Marienthal" & Hirschling to Regenstauf.
By boat
There is no passenger shipping on the rain, only Canoeists will take the river route to get here.
By bicycle
The Regentalradweg leads via Regenstauf.
mobility
Locally one moves on foot, in the incorporated places herebach, Ramspau and Hirschling run regular buses.
Tourist Attractions
- the 1 Parish Church of St. James dates from 1849/50, the lower part of the tower from the 18th century.
- the former built in baroque style 2 St. Sebastian plague chapel from the years 1713/14 was renovated and has served as a war memorial chapel since 1926; it is by the old cemetery.
- the 3 Lookout tower on the Schlossberg was built in brick in 1891 and increased in 1951. There is also a Lourdes grotto and an excursion restaurant on the Schlossberg. Since the 13./14. Century the Regenstauf Castle confessed, the hilltop castle was already at the end of the 15th century. partly in ruins and was definitely destroyed in the Thirty Years War, the ruins until the 19th century. used as a quarry.
- the 4 Spindlhof Castle was built in 1894/1901 in the English Tudor Gothic style in the area of a noble residence from the 16th century. built and has been owned by the diocese of Regensburg since 1955, which uses it as a church education and conference center.
in the Karlstein find each other
- the ruin of the 5 Forstenberg Castle , of which only remnants of the pentagonal keep have been preserved. The hill fort was in the 13th century. and was probably left to decay after the Karlstein Castle was built.
- the origins of the 6 Karlstein Castle lie in the year 1393, the castle has been renewed several times, it got its present form around 1808 and again through a renovation in 1900. The castle is privately owned by the Counts von Drechsel, in the castle chapel in the south wing there is a public service once a week.
in Ramspau the parish church, the castle and the castle ruins are worth seeing.
in the area of the wider community are also 7 Hirschling Castle, 8 Glapfenberg Castle and 9 Steinsberg Castle .
activities
- Hiking in the area, To go biking i.a. on the Regental - bike path
- Swimming in the rain, especially the river bathing areas in Ramspau and on the rain peninsula near Valentinsbad
- Water walking on the rain, in Regenstauf must be carried at the weir at the entrance to the village.
- in winter there are cross-country trails in the region and even a small one 1 Skill lift in Snow trail
shop
kitchen
- 2 Valentinsbad - restaurant, guesthouse, Regentalstrasse 13, 93128 Regenstauf. Tel.: 49(0)9402 500337. Restaurant and river bath on a peninsula in the rain.Feature: pension.
- 1 Eichmühle restaurant, To the mill 1.93128 Regenstauf. Tel.: 49(0)9402 948410. Restaurant at the river weir at the entrance to the village.
- 2 Rathausstuben Herrmann, Bahnhofstrasse 18, 93128 Regenstauf. Tel.: 49(0)9402 2510, Fax: 49(0)9402 2560, Email: [email protected].
- 3 Gasthof Metzgerwirt, Hauptstrasse 31, 93128 Regenstauf. Tel.: 49(0)9402 8692, Fax: 49(0)9402 6953, Email: [email protected].
- 4 Café-Restaurant Am Schloßberg, Schloßberg 1, 93128 Regenstauf.
in Ramspau: please refer Local articlein Marienthal
- 5 Gasthof Marienthal, Marienthal 3, 93128 Regenstauf. Tel.: 49(0)9436 90047, Fax: 49(0)9436 90049. Quaint inn on the Regen, popular excursion destination, here river ferry across the Regen, transfer to visit the Stockenfels ruins.
nightlife
accommodation
health
Practical advice
- 1 Tourist information market Regenstauf, Bahnhofstrasse 15, 93128 Regenstauf. Tel.: 49(0)9402 5090, Fax: 49(0)9402 50950, Email: [email protected]. Open: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., Tue 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Thu 1.30 p.m. to 5.70 p.m.
trips
literature
Web links
- http://www.regenstauf.de - Official website of Regenstauf
- Website of the Regental Tourist Association
