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.