Upper Palatinate (German: Oberpfalz) is a region in Bavaria, Germany.
Cities
- Regensburg — the capital of Upper Palatinate on the banks of the river Danube (Donau). old city centre, patrician towered houses, the cathedral (Cathedral Boys' Choir Regensburger Domspatzen), old city hall (´Perpetual Imperial Diet´, 1663-1806), the Stone Bridge, the Porta Praetoria (Roman), the Scottish Church of St. James (portal), castle (Thurn und Taxis), ´Stadtamhof´
- Amberg old city centre, the new castle and the armoury (´Zeughaus´, ´Klösterl´ and ´Regierungskanzlei´seat of the government of ´Upper Palatinate´ till 1810), the town wall and gates (´Stadtbrille´, ´Nabburger Tor´), the gothic city hall, church (´St. Martin´, ´Schulkirche´), the pilgrimage church (´Mariahilfberg) and ´Bergfest´ late June, early July
- Cham
old city centre (´Marktplatz´), the old city hall, castle ´Burg Wolfenstein´, gothic castle ´Pfalzgrafenschloss´, church (´St. Johannes´), the town wall and towers (´Pulverturm´)
- Schwandorf old city centre (´Marktplatz´), the town towers (´Blasturm´), church (´Jakobskirche´), castle (´Fronberger Schloss´), ´Färberhaus´, historic cellars (´Historische Felsenkeller´), pilgrimage church (´Kreuzberg´)
- Weiden in der Oberpfalz old city centre, ´Marktplatz´, the Old City Hall, the town wall and gates (´Oberes Tor´), Church St. Michael, International Ceramics Museum (´Waldsassener Kasten´)
- Grafenwöhr — known through its military training area which is the largest multinational training area in Europe
Other destinations
- Bavarian Forest — locals call it "Bayrisch Sibiria" for obvious reasons
- Vilseck
Understand
Get around
See
- Joska Crystal ´The Glass Experience´, Bodenmais
- Castle Burglengenfeld
- Walhalla Donaustauf
- ´Slaying the Dragon´ Furth im Wald
- Pilgrimage church Freystadt (dead link: January 2023)
- Monte Kaolino, Hirschau i. d. Obpf.
- Castle Kallmünz
- Farmer Museum ´Oberpfälzer Freilandmuseum´ Neusath-Perschen (dead link: January 2023)
- Monastery of the Benedictines ´Benediktinerabtei Plankstetten
- Mining industry and industrial museum ´Bergbau- und Industriemuseum´ Theuern
- Castle ´Rosenberger Schloßberg´ Sulzbach-Rosenberg
- Abbey Waldsassen
Do
- Monte Kaolino, Wolfgang-Drossback-Street 114 92242 Hirschau, +49 9622 81502. Ski in the summer on this ski slope made of sand. 2022-06-13
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