Ratisbon
Americannoun
noun
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He was the only one of his staff who knew that captured Regensburg was the Ratisbon of Napoleonic fame.
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In the best Ratisbon tradition, he came back, managed to land in Rightist territory with photographs intact, died still at the controls.
From Time Magazine Archive
Regensburg, the Ratisbon where Napoleon won a battle and a wound in the heel; Augsburg, 95 miles from the Brenner Pass; Bremen in the north, Germany's second largest seaport, all fell within the week.
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Father Joseph's policy at Ratisbon bore its fruit in a famine that killed its tens of thousands.
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About this period flourished Conrad of Montpellier, a canon of Ratisbon, one of the most learned men of the day, who wrote a tract against the sect.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
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