Editing Regensburg (section)

===Surroundings===
[[Image:Walhalla wie Parthenon zu Ehren bedeutender Personen - erbaut 1842 - König Ludwig I - Foto Wolfgang Pehlemann DSCN2430.jpg|thumb|Klenze's [[Walhalla temple|''Walhalla'']], built in 1842]]
[[File:Postwertzeichen DPAG - Bayerischer Wald 2005 hi res scan.jpg|thumb|Bavarian Forest National Park stamp]]
Near Regensburg there are two very imposing [[Classical architecture|classical buildings]] erected by [[Ludwig I of Bavaria]] as national monuments dedicated to German patriotism and greatness:<ref name=EB1911/>
*The more imposing of the two is the ''[[Walhalla temple|Walhalla]]'', a costly reproduction of the [[Parthenon]], erected as a [[Teutons|Teutonic]] temple of fame on a hill rising from the Danube at [[Donaustauf]], {{convert|10|km|abbr=off}} to the east. The interior, which is richly decorated with coloured [[marble]], [[gilding]] and sculptures, contains the [[bust (sculpture)|busts]] of more than one hundred notable Germans.<ref name=EB1911/>
*The second of King Ludwig's buildings is the ''[[Befreiungshalle]]'' at [[Kelheim]], {{convert|25|km|abbr=off}} higher up the Danube. It is a large circular monument built for the glorification of the heroes of the 1813 [[War of the Sixth Coalition|War of Liberation]].<ref name=EB1911/>

[[Weltenburg Abbey]] (Kloster Weltenburg), a Benedictine monastery, is located in Weltenburg near the town of [[Kelheim]]. The abbey is situated on a peninsula of the Danube, by what are known as the "Weltenburg Narrows" or "[[Danube Gorge (Weltenburg)|Danube Gorge]]". The monastery, founded by Irish or Scottish monks in about 620, is said to be the oldest monastery in Bavaria.

To the east of Regensburg lies the [[Bavarian Forest]] and its [[Bavarian Forest National Park|National Park]], one of the most visited [[protected area]]s in Germany.

Regensburg is on the designated heritage route, the Route of Emperors and Kings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.routeofemperorsandkings.com/|title= Discover the Danube – Route of Emperors and Kings|website=Straße der Kaiser und Könige}}</ref>