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Re⋅gens⋅burg

[rey-guhns-boork]
–noun
a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany, on the Danube: battle 1809. 131,000.
Also called Ratisbon.
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Re·gens·burg   (rā'gənz-bûrg', -gəns-bŏŏrk')   
A city of southeast Germany on the Danube River north-northeast of Munich. An ancient Celtic settlement, it was an important Roman frontier station and later a free imperial city before passing to Bavaria in 1810. Population: 131,000.
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Regensburg

city, Bavaria Land (state), southeastern Germany. It lies on the right bank of the Danube River along its most northerly course, where it is joined by the Regen River, about 65 miles (105 km) northeast of Munich. Regensburg is an important cultural, industrial, and commercial centre and a road and rail junction with a busy port area on the Danube

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