Photos: Basile Morin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Steffen Schmitz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Granada, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo credits
Photos: Basile Morin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Steffen Schmitz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Granada, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
The patrician towers of the skyline
Your local guide
Wolfgang Zeller
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Highlights
- Towers built purely to outdo a rival
- Medieval wealth measured in height
- A skyline shaped by family competition
- Merchant power, still standing in stone
- Regensburg's tallest medieval survivors
About this tour
This session follows a handful of medieval towers built by rival merchant families competing for height across Regensburg's skyline. You see one of the tallest surviving towers and a rival built nearby soon after. It traces a very tangible kind of medieval competition still visible today.
I move at a steady pace between towers, explaining the rivalry behind each one as we go. Questions are welcome throughout, and I send a short note afterwards on the families involved.
This suits anyone interested in medieval urban life and status rather than only churches and bridges. It also pairs well with the Porta Praetoria session for a fuller sense of the old town's layers.
Included
- Live video walk with a local guide
- Questions to your guide all the way
- A short list of places to visit later
Not included
- Internet connection
- Travel to the city
Itinerary
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Welcome and sound check 5 min
The guide joins the video call, checks the picture and sound with you, and gives you a quick sense of Regensburg before heading out.
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Baumburger Turm 21 min
You see one of the tallest surviving merchant towers, built as a deliberate display of one family's wealth and status.
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Goldener Turm 21 min
A short distance on, the camera finds a rival tower, and I explain how competing families raced each other's height across the skyline.
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Your questions 9 min
Time to ask anything about Regensburg: prices, safety, food, or whatever you are curious about.
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A short list to keep 4 min
Before you go, the guide sums up with a few things worth remembering: a dish to try: Prinzregententorte and Stadtamhof, worth a slower look.
Good to know
- A stable wifi or mobile connection makes the picture smoother than a shaky one.
- Any phone, tablet or laptop with a camera works. You watch, the guide does the walking.
- Times are shown in Berlin time, so check the time where you are before you book.
- The session is not recorded, and recording it yourself is not allowed. Feel free to take your own notes.
- Ask questions any time, out loud or in the chat. The guide will pause to answer.
- Sessions run in small groups, up to 10 people, so there is room for everyone to ask something.
Questions about this tour
What will the session cover?
The guide walks through Regensburg, showing you Baumburger Turm and Goldener Turm live on camera, plus whatever else you would like to see.
What happens if my connection drops?
Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up on anything you missed.
Can I ask the guide questions during the session, or is it a fixed script?
Anything, any time. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.
How it works
- You get one join link after booking.
- Join from any device: phone, tablet or laptop.
- The call happens on Google Meet, with the link sent with your booking. I hold the phone steady on the stone layers, since telling them apart takes a careful, close shot.
Times shown in Berlin time (CET)
Cancellation
Flexible
- Cancel up to 24 hours before the start: full refund.
- Cancel less than 24 hours before the start, or no-show: no refund.
- If the guide cancels or the date does not reach its minimum group: full refund.
- Cancel in My Account → Bookings; the refund is calculated from the start time in the tour's local time.
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