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Kepler Monument

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Kepler Monument

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Location: Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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Oliver🌍

June 16, 2021

The Fürst Anselm Allee in Regensburg is an avenue of trees in the style of English landscape gardens, which follows the course of the former medieval city wall. The avenue was laid out by Prince Karl Anselm von Thurn und Taxis, who also financed the construction of the avenue between 1779 and 1781. The two-row avenue of trees was created on the strip of land of the derelict outworks of the then completely preserved landside city fortifications. The course of the avenue therefore shows the course of the city wall. During the 19th century the avenue was widened and upgraded with the construction of several monuments. After the demolition of the city wall and the construction of the new train station, the avenue had to accept the first losses after the breakthrough of new streets towards the train station. In the following years, citizens settled in the vicinity of the avenue with the construction of garden villas and residential buildings. In the 20th century, the avenue had to cope with the loss of substance due to construction work and increasing traffic.

Today, the approx. 3 km long avenue in the western part is called Prebrunnallee after the former suburb of Prebrunn, in the southern section near Thurn und Taxis Castle as Fürstenallee and in the eastern section simply as Ostenallee. Together, the three sections of Fürst-Anselm-Allee form the border of the World Heritage Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof. This means that Fürst-Anselm-Allee is rightly part of the World Heritage Site, as it has had a significant influence on the structural development of the city of Regensburg.

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Moonbeam🌜

May 17, 2025

A circular temple is dedicated to the famous scientist on Fürst-Anselm-Allee. The memorial was erected in 1808, near Kepler's original grave, and was dedicated on the exact day of his 237th birthday. In the center of the circular temple stands a red marble pedestal bearing Kepler's bust. The front of the pedestal features a relief by Heinrich von Dannecker depicting Kepler as a genius lifting the veil of Urania. The life-size bust is a copy of the original bust by Philipp Jakob Scheffauer and was erected at the end of the 20th century because Scheffauer's work had been repeatedly damaged. The restored original bust has since been housed in the Kepler Museum.
Source: regensburg.de/regensburg-507/sehenswert/johannes-kepler

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Frank Rmr

May 25, 2023

In many places, avenues and parks were created on the areas of former city fortifications and fortifications. In Regensburg they were one step ahead of the times. The avenue enclosing the old town as a semicircle was laid out when the city wall still existed. This created a promenade in front of the old town. Located in the middle of the city today, despite all the interruptions, it is a green belt. If you come from the main station and walk to the old town, you only cross the avenue, but it is a pleasant passage through the green areas.

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Tobias ⛰️🏃‍♂️

August 8, 2024

You can also stay here for a short time.

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🚲CyklistCR🚲

July 11, 2023

The Kepler Monument is a memorial to Johannes Kepler that was erected in Regensburg in 1808 and now stands in the green belt of Fürst-Anselm-Allee.

The monument was completed in 1808 and inaugurated on December 27, 1808. On the occasion of the inauguration, Father Placidus Heinrich wrote the commemorative publication Monumentum Keplero dedicatum Ratisbonae.

In 1809, the southeast of Regensburg and thus also the area around the Kepler Monument were badly hit by fleeing Austrian troops and an attack by French troops. The Kepler Monument was spared from the fighting, however, and after the reconstruction of the southeastern part of the city and the new construction of the straight Maximilianstrasse, it formed the southern end of this street.

When the main train station was built in Regensburg in 1859, the monument had to be moved west because it was in the way of the straight extension of Maximilianstrasse to the train station. This is how the monument came to its current location, in the Fürst-Anselm-Allee, created by Karl Anselm von Thurn und Taxis.

Source: Wikipedia

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Dieter S. Weschnitztal

June 8, 2024

It's quite nice to look at, but you don't have to come to this place just for that.

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Dieter S. Weschnitztal

June 13, 2024

It stands there somewhat inconspicuously, but is great to look at and worth a photo stop. Should be cleaned again and given some paint.

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Janniend

July 21, 2024

Beautiful monument to the astronomer Johann Kepler.

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Monal

November 5, 2024

Beautiful monument and photo opportunity

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Dieter S. Weschnitztal

June 8, 2024

It's quite nice to look at, but you don't have to come to this place just for that.

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