Day 18 – Viking European Sojourn – Regensburg, Germany

Day 18 – Viking European Sojourn – Regensburg, Germany: Once again high rivers and rainfall necessitated a bus transfer. Fortunately, the rain ceased, and we enjoyed sunshine. Regensburg boasts a rich history, from Roman military camp to medieval town with 140 towers, now reduced to 20. We explored the iconic bridge, St Peter’s Cathedral, and the oldest sausage kitchen in Germany. A memorial to Jewish people and ‘stumbling stones’ commemorating former Jewish residents were poignant reminders of the city’s complex past. We also saw the former residence of Oscar Schindler, who saved over 1200 Jews from the death camps during WW2. This was a great city to walk through with its cobblestone streets, narrow alleyways, shops and interesting architecture. #viking #european #sojourn #regensburg #germany

Day 18 of our Viking European soldier and trip found us in Regensburg, Germany. Now, Regginsburg boasts a rich history from Roman military camp to medieval town with 140 towers now reduced to 20. We explored the iconic bridge, St. Peter’s Cathedral, and the oldest sausage kitchen in Germany. a memorial to Jewish people in Stumbling Stones commemorating former Jewish residents who lost their lives during World War II in a period known as the Holocaust. We also saw the former residents of Oscar Schindler who saved over,200 Jews from the death camps during World War II. To say the city has a complex past is an understatement. This was a great city to walk through with its cobblestone streets, narrow alleyways, shops, and interesting architecture. Here we are in Regensburg, Germany, part of Bavaria, crossing one of their many bridges, going off to the cathedral. I think it’s St. Peters and it’s a Gothic cathedral. [Music] constructed with construction [Music] and they are still standing sport at all. [Music] So Wingsport is the greatest preserve. So Reagansburg claimed the fame is that well they claim it’s the most wellpreserved medieval town in Germany and it is an old fortress town with many towers. There used to be 140. I believe there’s 20 standing now. And you can see some of these in the distance here. So, there’s lots of these smaller tourist vessels that uh I guess you can take tours or boat cruises up and down this river here. Uh these are definitely not the Viking cruise ships. The long ships are much much bigger than this and they’re bar uh docked at the main river point and that’s because they wouldn’t be able to get under some of these smaller bridges. Now, at the end of the bridge, uh there’s a tower here, and that’s also the entrance to a museum, and we did walk through that museum in order to get down to the lower bank. Uh it was actually interesting, but uh not really uh video friendly. It’s a I couldn’t get a decent video of it anyway, so it’s not included here, but that’s included as part of your walking tour. This is the famous sausage kitchen in Reaganburg. We’re going to show up here later on to sample their wares. Wonder. Now, these ducks weren’t afraid of anybody. I think they were taking advantage of patrons to the sausage kitchen cuz they different people were bringing out bread and throwing it to them. So, uh, they got used to people, I guess. So, this is the historic sausage kitchen, the first one ever in Germany, or the oldest one, I should say, ever in Germany. And apparently in the high tourist times, they sell 60,000 sausages a day here. One drink. [Music] So this is David and Goliath. The original painting was done in the 1600s. obviously retut and we’re making our ourselves through the old town of Brainsburg. So this is Oscar Schindler’s house made famous uh because he was a businessman who employed Jewish people during the Second World War and therefore saved their lives. He lived here for about uh 10 months to a year with his wife. forget. His wife name was Emily. [Music] This is the old city of Regensburg. Buildings come in different styles. Baroque style, Gothic style. So this is one of the central squares. Yeah. Heat. Well, why? I believe this is city hall and the door on the right is an old Roman frame and uh that is the entrance to the city hall building. So very old on the outside but fairly modern on the inside. One is bad from people who went to the Jewish cemetery next week. They’re not going to visit, you know, but it’s not possible because it’s underground. But they still So this is a gravestone from the 16th century when the Jews were persecuted even back then and somebody put it in the wall of their building to keep it as a momento or memory of that persecution. So this is I believe they call it Jewish square. So here or below this little I guess monument if you want to call it that is uh where the old Jewish synagogue used to be located and it was destroyed and but there’s still remnants of it below the city street about 2 to 3 m down and there’s a Lutheran church a Lutheran church that sits uh just in front of that and that’s what you see here. So in this square here you have a an earth uh Lutheran church or a reformed church and the old synagogue from the 1600s. Now a monument is just in front. And also in 1939 in this square is where they had the burning of the books. So all the Nazis took out all the books. They wanted to kill those memories and they burnt them all. So this is St. Peter’s Church in Regensburg. It’s a Gothic style church. I think it might be called a French Gothic style. You can see that there’s lots of scaffolding around it. So, it’s constantly being renovated. It’s very, very ornate on the outside with exquisite sculptures, very very uh detailed, but on the inside, which I’ll show you later, you’ll find that it’s fairly sparse in decorations that is. So, they built it out of two different stones. The green is sandstone and the white is limestone. By the way, it’s just not my day. destroy my picture. Well, we change everybody. So, this church St. Peter’s was started in the 13th century and then completed in the 15th century. It has uh made of sandstone as well as limestone. What you see here is the grayish green blocks are sandstone and the white are limestone. Lots of scaff on the building cuz they’re having to constantly clean it. The guide says it’s always here. They go from one side to the next and keep on cleaning it. There’s a huge sign behind the church. There is an arch. There’s a strong place they have lunch if you want. This is the inside of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Regensburg, Germany. It’s a Gothic church built between 13th and 15th century. [Applause] [Applause] Get done. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] some very nice cafes outside of St. Peters in Regensburg, Germany. So after our walking tour uh which was about uh 2 hours cuz we did the extended one which had a uh a Jewish content into it. So give showing us the Jewish quarter and giving us some history. They gave us about an hour and a half to wander the city. So, we decided to check out the the laneways here and uh lots of different stores to check out to walk through, but all these uh we took a securous route through the city uh back to the waterfront and the bridge across and it was very entertaining and the architecture was just wonderful. And that’s one of the things I really been enjoying about coming to Europe, both uh Eastern Europe as well as Western Europe, is checking out all the different architecture, the different styles, the cafes is just so enjoyable and so relaxing. Well, I hope you enjoyed the video and if you did, please like and subscribe. Have lots more coming up. Uh all about our European soldier and trip run by Viking.