Unterer Wöhrd, River island in Regensburg, Germany

Unterer Wöhrd is the eastern of the two large Danube islands in Regensburg, about 1.8 kilometers long and covering roughly 28 hectares. It runs from the Stone Bridge to the Lazarettspitze, where the Regen and the two arms of the Danube meet. Around 1,200 people live on the island.

The island formed during the Roman period when the legion camp Castra Regina was built in the 2nd century. By medieval times it had become an important economic location for fishing and later developed industrial uses.

The island's name comes from the Old German word for a river island, and its early settlement by fishermen and boatmen shaped its character. From 1550, tanneries, brick kilns and bleaching grounds were set up here because they needed space and were unwelcome in the city. The plague lazaret on the eastern tip, last used in 1713, still stands.

The island is easily reached from the old town via the Iron Bridge and has well-maintained paths for walkers and cyclists. At normal water levels, additional connections to the other Danube island become accessible.

The Beschlächt, a stone dam anchored in the riverbed with side piles, has linked the two Danube islands since 1388. It passes beneath the Stone Bridge and is walkable in both directions at normal water levels, joining the Badstraße on the Oberer Wöhrd with the Wöhrdstraße on the Unterer Wöhrd.