Islinger Feld
The Islinger field located in the southern city of Regensburg , 3.5 km straight line from Regensburg Cathedral St. Peter. It extends south of the federal highway 3 between Oberisling and Burgweinting .
During his six-day pastoral journey through Bavaria in 2006, Pope Benedict XVI. three days in Regensburg and celebrated Holy Mass on September 12th on the area specially converted for the occasion with around 230,000 people . During the days of the Pope's visit, the approximately 55 hectares of agricultural land were designated as a safety zone in accordance with a general decree of the City of Regensburg and the A3 was closed to traffic on the day of the service in the relevant section.
A 16 meter high cross made of steel and wood, next to which the altar island was located, commemorates this major church event. The cross originally stood further south, but had to be moved around 35 m in November 2006. A small park of 7300 m² is to be built around the cross. The land for the park is owned by the Thurn und Taxis family and leased to the city of Regensburg . The diocese of Regensburg held annually on 12 September, a "prayer on the cross" in memory of the Mass with the Pope.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ focus.de, accessed on June 21, 2013
- ↑ Official Gazette of the City of Regensburg from July 24, 2006 (PDF; 574 kB) accessed on January 14, 2010
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Press release of the police headquarters in Lower Bavaria / Upper Palatinate from September 14, 2006
- ↑ Mittelbayerische Zeitung, November 28, 2006: Pope's cross moved to a new hill with a heavy-duty crane ( Memento from September 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Invitation to the “Prayer on the Cross” 2010 ( Memento from July 21, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
Coordinates: 48 ° 59 ′ 19 ″ N , 12 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ E