Altstadt

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Old Town of Regensburg, Germany (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
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Altstadt (German: [ˈaltˌʃtat] ⓘ) is the German language word for "old town", and generally refers to the historical town or city centre within the old town or city wall, in contrast to younger suburbs outside. Neustadt (new town), the logical opposite of Altstadt, mostly stands for a part of the "Altstadt" in modern sense, sometimes only a few years younger than the oldest part, e. g. a late medieval enlargement.

Germany

Most German towns have an Altstadt, even though the ravages of war have destroyed many of them, especially during the

Mélac's aggressive tactics devastated many cities and large parts of South Western Germany, like the Heidelberg Castle
.

Allied

Freiburg, Erfurt, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Weimar and others have been restored. But most destroyed bigger German old towns were not reconstructed. Important old towns like those of Hildesheim, Braunschweig, Frankfurt, Kassel and Pforzheim
were largely lost and only a limited smaller part, such as a church or an area around a town square reconstructed.

Recent efforts of Altstadt

city palace) and Frankfurt (Römerberg around the Cathedral
).

Examples of Altstadt districts in cities and towns

Austria

Germany

Switzerland

Other towns

Notable Altstadt districts in cities that used to be inhabited also by a German-speaking population:

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47°29′56″N 8°43′43″E / 47.49889°N 8.72861°E / 47.49889; 8.72861

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