Brief synthesisLocated on the Danube River, the Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof is an exceptional example of a central-European medieval trading centre, which illustrates an interchange of cultural and architectural influences. The Old Town survived the Second World War in exceptionally good shape. Management and protection requirementsThe Old Town of Regensburg and its buffer zone have been legally protected since 1975 in accordance with the Bavarian Law for the Preservation of Historic Buildings. The inscribed property is also ruled by the 1982Statutes concerning Local Building Ordinances for the Protection of the Old Town of Regensburg ("Old Town of Regensburg Statutes"). Strategies aim at restoring the historic urban fabric as well as strengthening the vitality of the inhabited historic town.