Regensburg Facade, a photo from Bayern, Ouest

Photographer's Note

Regensburg is a city in south-east Germany, situated at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. With over 140,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the fourth-largest city in the State of Bavaria after Munich, Nuremberg and Augsburg. The city is the political, economic and cultural centre of Eastern Bavaria and the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate.

The medieval centre of the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a testimony of the city's status as a cultural centre of southern Germany in the Middle Ages. In 2014, Regensburg was among the top sights and travel attractions in Germany. It was known in English as Ratisbon until well into the twentieth century. The city is still known as Ratisbonne in French and as Ratisbona in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

During the Second World War Regensburg was home to both a Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft factory and an oil refinery, which were bombed by the Allies on August 17, 1943, by the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission, and on February 5, 1945, during the Oil Campaign of World War II. Although both targets were badly damaged, Regensburg itself suffered little damage from the Allied strategic bombing campaign, and the nearly intact medieval city centre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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papagolf21 (152599) 2016-11-15 0:33

Bonjour, cher Stephen,
Voilà une façade originale qui sort des sentiers battus. C'est la première fois que je vois une telle façade, cela me permet d'élargir mes connaissances.
Un grand merci pour cette prise de vue.
Amitiés.
Philippe

daddo (28728) 2016-11-15 0:36

War-what is it good for? Absolutely nothing (except that it make some men rich.)Good to read that the city was spared, unlike what the germans did to Warsaw.Stunning architecture, colours and all the embellishments. Regards. Klaudio.

Fis2 (155487) 2016-11-15 0:43

Witaj Stephen my neighbor today!
Beautiful facade, curious windows and oriels.
Good frame and superb colors.
I like balconies.
Well done.
Nice day.
Krzysztof

Nicou (193806) 2016-11-15 0:55

Hello

Les petits arches en fond quelle vue et ocmpo quel forme et comme incurvé cet édifice avec la terrasse du café et quel jaune superbe vue.
Bravo et amitié
Nciou

pajaran (102508) 2016-11-15 1:56

Dobar dan.
Lep pogled, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Dobar rad, ostrina i kontrast, lepo pokazana fasad i detalji, lepo uhvacen trenutak sa posetiocima.
Lepa arhitektura i detalji na fasadi.
Imajte lep i uspesan dan, sve najbolje, srecno.
Paja.

Good day.
Nice view, interesting and good text ...
Good work, sharpness and contrast, beautiful facades and details shown, beautifully captured the moment with visitors.
Beautiful architecture and details on the facade.
Have a nice and successful day, all the best, good luck.

mesutilgim (0) 2016-11-15 2:07

Hello dear Stephen,
Very nice capture of this beautiful fassade in Regensburg.
Perfect pov and layout and many ineteresting and usefull notes.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

ikeharel (105835) 2016-11-15 2:18

Hello Stephen,
This is a remarkable architecture's design, well maintained and painted with agreeable beige color.
The veranda with people is a nice eyes-catching object, and yet - I look at the whole, its concaved shape and brown small balconies, and the staues on the top floor - all beautifully culminate on a wonderful photo.
My cong.'s,
Ike

holmertz (92766) 2016-11-15 3:28

Hello Stephen,
Looking at the thumbnail I thought maybe this was a reflection captured in a lake or river. Now I see that the distorted façade was actually the architect's intentions. It's a quite fascinating building, its original style enhanced by the bland facades on each side. Having a beer on the balcony wouldn't be a bad idea on a hot day.
Regards,
Gert

Royaldevon (75252) 2016-11-15 3:59

Hello Stephen,

I was immediately attracted by the concave nature of the facade, its attractive colouration and those beautiful windows; those in the centre look to have an unusual cross shape, almost like posing arms rather than horizontal cross shapes!
Who wouldn't want to relax on that lovely balcony!
A fine exposure showing excellent sharpness to the details.

My warm regards,
Bev :-)
Cool but sunny today in N.W. England

jhm (202871) 2016-11-15 4:08

Hello Stephen,

I like your picture with the wonderful facade the Cumbas are fantastic.
Sharpness and clarity are perfectly.
Excellent depth and perspective.
Well found and an excellent composition.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice day,
John.

pierrefonds (103424) 2016-11-15 4:27

Hi Stephen,

The presenc eof the people is animating the scene. The point of view is showing the details of the facade of the building. The good luminosity is bringing out the colours. Have a nice day.

Pierre

alvaraalto (42234) 2016-11-15 5:30

Hello Stephen
Beautiful full front POV for this sunny Baroque façade of Café Fürstenhof.
Look the me a perfect place to drink a famous Bavarian beer after walking in this beautiful town.
I like how you focussed on this part of the façade.
Excellent picture
Have a nice day
Groet Rob

Sergiom (117241) 2016-11-15 6:20

Bonjour Stephen,

Cette maison doit se démarquer de nette manière sur ses voisines. Le jaune est fort et loin d'être discret , mais on dirait que la maison brille sous la lumière. Très belle architecture.

Amicalement

Serge

dta (98518) 2016-11-15 7:04

Hello Stephen ,
cette façade concave à la riche décoration est tout à fait remarquable .
Beau sujet , bien présenté .
Amicalement

dkmurphys (77956) 2016-11-15 8:13

Hi Stephen,
This is a very beautiful facade and a perfect place to serve a coffee. Very enjoyable scene, well taken.

Daniel

rychem (72179) 2016-11-15 8:42

Beautiful and original architecture with a concave facade, beautiful bay windows, very nice symmetrical composition, only the umbrellas are not positioned symmetrically :)))
regards Ryszard

cornejo (61504) 2016-11-15 10:42

Hello Stephen, excellent photo of this interesting facade, very well captured in this interesting image with good clarity, light, color and quality. A great work perfectly done, my congratulations, my friend. Thank you for sharing this interesting work.

Good night and happy week.
All the best from the south of Spain.
Angel.

Silvio1953 (205549) 2016-11-15 23:07

Ciao Stephen, great view of fantastic facade, lovely simmetry, fine details, wonderful colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

emka (152102) 2016-11-15 23:13

Hello Stephen,

Original facade which is not straight. Nice decorations, I like these two balconies contrasting beautifully with the rest. Cafe on the balcony is a nice place for some tea. Excellent composition, perfect symmetry, lovely colours. Polish name is Ratyzbona. Interesting old city.

Tue (82124) 2016-11-15 23:27

Hello Stephen,
What a beautiful house with a very appealing yellow colour. The cafe on the balcony looks so inviting to have some refreshments while looking out over life in the street. I like that you included the three names as well in the bottom part of the picture.
Lars

Cricri (176) 2016-11-16 10:59

Hello Stephen
Belle architecture, intéressante, couleurs, super on cadrage, présentation
belle soirée
cricri

carlo62 (81265) 2016-11-16 15:20

Ciao Stephen
che bella questa facciata e che bella terrazza assolata.
Credo che sia un vero piacere potersi sedere a uno di quei tavoli e godersi la bella giornata in un posto incantevole.
Saluti
Carlo

GyurMaster (21293) 2016-11-17 6:46

Dear Stephen,

It is really a beautiful building, which stands out of the surroundings. Nice capture and thanks for the informative note.

Best Wishes,
Gy.

macjake (96157) 2016-11-19 13:17

Hi Stephen
wow, I want a house that looks like this :)
i can see people eating, i wonder how exclusive or expensive it is to eat at this cafe? Often places like that have very high prices, and the outdoor seating is hard to get, but I think i see a couple of empty spaces. love the yellow, and the way the building goes IN and then OUT on the ends. very cool. cheers
craig

ChrisJ (159918) 2016-11-19 21:46

Hello Stephen,

I had my eye on a stopover in this town between Munich and Prague but in the end I opted for an express train trip. Maybe next year? So fortunate that this town was spared the wreckage of Dresden, Hamburg, Warsaw, Rotterdam and many other European cities. Tfs!

Periko (8387) 2016-11-21 11:04

Hi Stephen
This building reminds me of the Gaudi's designs.
The facade is beautiful and interesting, with striking colours and details, as are these balconies.

Kind regards
Pedro

npecanhuk (79329) 2016-11-21 16:52

Hello Stephen!
Wonderful façade details!
Very beautiful picture too!
Sharpness, exposure, colors, vertical format and composiiton truly pleased me!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan