Talk:Regensburg
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Lol improve it by translating from latin ? Just translate the german site. What a horrible idear.
Some time ago I saw a volksmusik programme on one of the German television channels.
It was of people singing in various picturesque settings in Regensburg.
One female singer sang a song walking around the grounds of what may have been a Bishop's palace and there was a rather nice statue of a man (a medieval bishop?) feeding two geese.
Is anyone familiar with this please? Is there a story associated with the statue?
If so, it might make a good addition to the page and, if possible, may be worthy of an illustration.
Songwriter 15:33 6 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Hi!
I live in Regensburg, however I'm not familiar with such a statue. Are sure the film was taken on location in Regensburg?? (Michael.chlistalla 22:22, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC))
There is such a statue at Regensburg in the 'Bischofshof' (bishop's court) right behind the cathedral. The notable thing about the statue is that when looking at it from the one side, it pictures a bishop feeding geese, but when looking at the back of the statue, one can see that the bishop is really a fox in disguise that already has a dead goose in his jaws.
I do not know the official story behind it, but I was told that the statue expresses people's unhappiness with the exploitation of the common folk by the bishop.
Odd, why isn't the sugar factory mentioned in the "Economy" section? When I lived there (15 years ago) its smokestack dominated the region. http://www.suedzucker.de/unternehmen/standorte/regensburg/ NeilFraser 18:08, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ratisbon
It seems a bit wrong to say that the English name was "formerly Ratisbon", - that was the French name, which the English borrowed. I'm not sure the best way to clarify. john k 22:14, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
- Well, formerly English used the French name, now it uses the German name. Actually, there are rather a lot of German cities for which English formerly used the French name: Aix-la-Chapelle for Aachen, Mayence for Mainz, Trèves for Trier, etc. For Cologne we still do use the French name. Angr 12:08, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pope Benedict XVI residency
It says that Pope Benedict XVI has never been a resident of Regensburg while he taught theology at the University of Regensburg from 1969 to 1977. It's totally non-sense because if he taught there for 8 years, it means he actually lived there. Therefore, I suggest that this part of the article be revised.136.183.231.42 01:10, 7 December 2006 (UTC)Shady19
- He probably commuted. This site [1] claims he lived in Pentling, where he still owns a house. Chl 04:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Yes, but Pentling is a suburb of Regensburg. The people there do have slight separatist tendencies, but the fact remains that it is built up all the way out. You can walk from Pentling to the university in 10 minutes. Locally, Pentling is now being referred to as Popeville! --Doric Loon 17:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
