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around 5000 B.C. neolithic settlement in the area of the town
1st millennium B.C. Celtic settlement, „Radasbona“, „Ratasbona“ or „Ratisbona"
1st century A.D. Roman Fortress "Kastell Kumpfmühl", destroyed around 170 A.D. by Germanic tribes
179 A.D. The Romans built the Fortress "Castra Regina" at the most northernmost end of the Danube river.
739 A bishopric is established in Regensburg. Several older cathedrals are destroyed before construction of the present one begins in 1273, taking nearly 600 years to complete.
1146 The Steinerne Brücke (Stone Bridge) is completed. Trade connections to Paris, Venice and even Novgorod have made Regensburg a prosperous city.
1245 Having been one of the largest German cities during the Middle Ages, Regensburg becomes a free imperial city.
1663?1806: Regensburg is the seat of the Perpetual Imperial Diet (Reichstag) of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
1806: Holy Roman Empire dissolved in Regensburg during the Napoleonic Wars.
1995: 750th anniversary of free imperial city status.
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