Neupfarrplatz
Neupfarrplatz, like hardly any other area in the city of Regensburg, reflects its 2,000-year history. Already in antiquity and late antiquity, the terrain was used for Roman officers' residences. In the Middle Ages, Regensburg's Jewish quarter was located here. There is evidence of a Jewish community in Regensburg since the year 981.
There are said to have been 40 houses, including some public buildings, such as the synagogue. The Jewish community had its own administration, seal and judges. The creation of the Neupfarrplatz and the construction of the church are directly related to the expulsion and the immediate demolition of the Jewish quarter in 1519. In the middle of the present square stands the Neupfarrkirche, the construction of which was started immediately after the destruction of the Jewish quarter in 1519, but was stopped again in 1528 due to lack of money. When in 1542 the city council converted to the Evangelical Lutheran denomination, the unfinished church building was used as the city's first Protestant parish church.
During the excavations, large parts of the medieval cellars of the Jewish quarter were uncovered and, among other things, a gold treasure from the 14th century with 624 gold coins and a finger ring with the seal of the Jewish community were found. Today you can descend into the document Neupfarrplatz and visit three of these Jewish cellar rooms, 2,000-year-old legionary camp wall remains and remains of a ring bunker from the Nazi era as part of a guided tour.
You should not miss this:
- The Dani Karavan artwork with its floor relief of the former Jewish synagogue.
- The Neupfarrkirche, which was planned as a Catholic pilgrimage church on the demolished Jewish quarter and is now Protestant.
- The Löschenkohl Palace, the former Electoral Saxon embassy.
- The fountain on the square with imperial double eagle, city and imperial coat of arms from the middle of the 17th century, the obelisk-like fountain pillar and the grille from 1730.
