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Upper Palatinate (German: Oberpfalz) is a region in Bavaria, Germany.

[edit] Regions

• Oberpfälzer Wald [1]
• Steinwald
• Oberpfälzer Seenland
• Waldnaab/Wondreb-Senke
• Oberer Bayerischer Wald
• Künisches Gebirge
• Naabtal
• Vilstal
• Oberpfälzer Jura

[edit] Cities

• Regensburg - the capital of Upper Palatinate on the banks of the river Danube (Donau)
• Amberg
• Cham
• Neumarkt i. d. Obpf.
• Neustadt (Waldnaab)
• Schwandorf
• Tirschenreuth
• Weiden i. d. OPf.

[edit] Other destinations

• Joska Crystal ´The Glass Experience´, Bodenmais [2]
• Castle Burglengenfeld [3]
• Walhalla Donaustauf [4]
• ´Slaying the Dragon´ Furth im Wald
• Pilgrimage church Freystadt [5]
• Monte Kaolino, Hirschau i. d. Obpf. [6]
• Castle Kallmünz [7]
• Farmer Museum ´Oberpfälzer Freilandmuseum´ Neusath-Perschen [8]
• Monastery of the Benedictines ´Benediktinerabtei Plankstetten [9]
• Mining industry and industrial museum ´Bergbau- und Industriemuseum´ Theuern [10]
• Castle ´Rosenberger Schloßberg´ Sulzbach-Rosenberg [11]
• Abbey Waldsassen [12]

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[edit] Itineraries

Amberg [13] old city center, 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

Neumarkt [14] old city centre (´Marktplatz´), the old city hall, castle ´Burg Wolfenstein´, gothic castle ´Pfalzgrafenschloss´, church (´St. Johannes´), the town wall and towers (´Pulverturm´)

Regensburg [15] 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´

Schwandorf [16] old city centre (´Marktplatz´), the town towers (´Blasturm´), church (´Jakobskirche´), castle (´Fronberger Schloss´), ´Färberhaus´, historic cellars (´Historische Felsenkeller´), pilgrimage church (´Kreuzberg´)

Weiden [17] old city centre, ´Marktplatz´, the Old City Hall, the town wall and gates (´Oberes Tor´), Church St. Michael, International Ceramics Museum (´Waldsassener Kasten´)

[edit][add listing] Do

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Eichmühle Regenstauf [18], Zur Roten Amsel, Kallmünz [19]

[edit][add listing] Drink

Café Zentral Amberg [20], Gasthaus Kneitinger Regensburg[21]

[edit] Stay safe

Hotel Bischofshof Regensburg[22], Hotel-Orphee Regensburg [23] Hotel Burg-Wernberg.de [24]

[edit] Get out