Regensburg

American

[ray-guhns-boork] / ˈreɪ gənsˌbʊərk /

noun

a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany, on the Danube: battle 1809.

Regensburg British

/ ˈreːɡənsbʊrk /

noun

Former English name: Ratisbon. a city in SE Germany, in Bavaria on the River Danube: a free Imperial city from 1245 and the leading commercial city of S Germany in the 12th and 13th centuries; the Imperial Diet was held in the town hall from 1663 to 1806. Pop: 128 604 (2003 est)

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Regensburg

The Bavarian towns of Regensburg and Nuremberg both used to claim the oldest sausage stand title.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025

At a school in Regensburg, students “have regular competitions where each class’s food waste is weighed weekly and the class who has the least food waste is the winner.”

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2024

He noted that water levels are expected to rise in the city of Regensburg and further down the Danube.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

The calculations were performed both by graduate students in the Venkataraman group and by collaborators from the University of Regensburg in Germany.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024

In 1654 in Regensburg, and then again in 1656 in Magdeburg, Otto von Guericke evacuated the air from a copper sphere with an air pump.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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