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The Altes Rathous is really a historic wonder. Forgetting its age for a moment, the building itself is full of charming details and interesting focal points. Never mind that it's located in the center of the river, the house is a definite must see in Bamberg and someplace that you should spend 1/2 hour just soaking the details in.
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- Obere Br\u00FCcke, Bamberg, 96047, Bavaria
Bamberg fascinates with its unique location on seven hills. Each hill has its own treasures and highlights. A must-see for every visitor to Bamberg is Bamberg Cathedral, an architectural masterpiece of Romanesque and Gothic architecture, which houses the tombs of Emperor Henry II and Pope Clement II.
- Take a Walking Tour of the Old Town & Bamberg Town Hall. There's no better place to begin a walking tour of Bamberg's Old Town than at Obere Brücke, the pedestrian-only Upper Bridge.
- Visit Bamberg Cathedral & Diocesan Museum. The early 13th-century Bamberg Cathedral (Bamberger Dom), known officially as St. Peter's and St. George's Imperial Cathedral, boasts numerous architectural features of interest.
- Explore the Old Court (Alte Hofhaltung) & Historical Museum. Bamberg's timbered Old Court (Alte Hofhaltung) is widely considered to be one of the finest creations of the German Renaissance.
- Take a Tour of the Elegant New Residence. Built between 1695 and 1704, the New Residence (Neue Residenz) lays claim to having no less than 40 gorgeous staterooms.
- Bamberg Cathedral
- Alte Hofhaltung
- Historisches Museum
- Altes Rathaus
- Neue Residenz
- Rosengarten
- Diocesan Museum
- Altenburg
- Obere Pfarre
- Klein Venedig
Founded by Holy Roman Emperor Henry II in the early 11th century, Bamberg Cathedral has extraordinary Medieval architecture and priceless works of art. Outside you’ll see that the cathedral has four towers, and that symmetry continues below where there’s a choir at each end, the eastern one Romanesque, and the western Gothic. A must-see is the tomb...
This Renaissance complex comprises the residential and commercial building’s of Bamberg’s Medieval episcopal court. The Alte Hofhaltung originated at the beginning of the 11th century when the diocese was founded and there are still vestiges of those first palaces and chapels in the inner courtyard. Here, along with a host of smaller buildings, a L...
The history and culture of this World Heritage City is uncovered at the museum inside the Alte Hofhaltung. The Gemäldegalerie (painting gallery) for instance has 100 works by masters like Brueghel and Lucas Cranach the Elder, and the 19th-century landscape artist Otto Modersohn. There are also insights into bourgeois life in Bamberg in the 19th cen...
Whether it’s true or not, there’s a fun back-story to Bamberg’s fabulous, fresco-covered old town hall: In the 14th century the Bishop of Bamberg refused to allocate land to the city’s residents for a town hall, so they decided to build it on stakes in the River Regnitz, at the boundary between the episcopal and merchant city. The first reference t...
In 1602 Bamberg’s prince bishops moved from the Alte Hofhaltung to a sumptuous new palace on the other side of the cathedral square where they would stay until secularisation in 1803. The Neue Residenz is the largest palace in the city and has two original Renaissance wings and then Baroque extensions built a century later. There are more than 40 s...
Behind the Neue Residenz is the palace’s spellbinding rose garden. This started out as a Renaissance garden, but took on in its present Baroque form in the 1730s. The Rosengarten’s regimented flowerbeds are planted with 4,600 roses and hemmed by low, closely clipped hedges. There are statues throughout, and the garden’s straight paths meet at a fou...
In the diocesan chapterhouse, also on the Cathedral Square is a museum based on the lavish and fascinating collections of Bamberg’s cathedral treasury. Many of the holdings were lost to secularisation, but the museum has enough riches to shed light on the wealth and power of Bamberg’s diocese. The textiles and vestments are especially impressive, i...
The highest hill in the city has been fortified since the 12th century, and at that time it was used as a refuge for Bamberg’s citizens during battles and raids. But in the mid-13th century the Bishops of Bamberg acquired the property and it became their residence before it was damaged during the Second Margrave War in 1553. After that the Altenbur...
This High Gothic church was founded in the 14th century and has a lot of architecture and fittings from that time, as well as a Late Gothic choir and Baroque decoration in the nave. Outside, step around to the northern Brautportal “Bridal Portal”, which is a kind of open vestibule with carvings of the fable of the wise and foolish virgins on the ja...
Just after the Altes Rathaus you can go for an amble on the left bank of the River Regnitz. On this side of the river you can pause to appreciate Bamberg’s old fisherman’s quarter. Known as Klein Venedig (Little Venice), there’s a line of rickety half-timbered dwellings dating to the 17th century. The scene is all the prettier as the mishmash of ho...
May 18, 2024 · Top 13 Things To Do In Bamberg Germany. Altstadt (Old Town) Bamberger Dom (Bamberg Cathedral) Diözesanmuseum (Diocesan Museum) Historisches Museum (History Museum) Neue Residenz (New Residence) Rosengarten Bamberg (Rose Garden) Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) E. T. A. Hoffmanns House.
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Aug 25, 2024 · Altes Rathaus: This iconic town hall sits on an island in the middle of the Regnitz River. Its stunning frescoes and half-timbered architecture make it a must-see. Bamberger Dom: The Bamberg Cathedral, with its four imposing towers, houses the tomb of Pope Clement II and the famous Bamberg Horseman statue.
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Kloster Michaelsberg. Founded in 1015 in the Baroque style, the church was rebuilt after a fire in 1610 in the neo-Gothic style. Upon entering the church, look up to observe the “Garden of Heaven'' a ceiling painting of 578 flowers and medicinal herbs. Read more.
