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Regensburg
Historic and commercial city in Bavaria, Germany, on the River Danube at its confluence with the Regen, 100 km/63 mi northeast of Munich; population (2005 est) 129,900. It has mechanical and electrical engineering, pharmaceutical, and food-processing industries. It has many medieval buildings, including a Gothic cathedral (1275–1530), and is a ‘living museum’ of German culture and architecture from the early Middle Ages.
History
Regensburg stands on the site of a Celtic settlement dating from 500 BC. It became the Roman Castra Regina AD 179, the capital of the Eastern Frankish Empire, a free imperial city in 1245, and seat of the German Diet (parliament) 16th century–1806. It was included in Bavaria in 1810.
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