Bamberg - The Franconian Rome
Bamberg is embedded in the beautiful region of Franconia and is approximately 30 km away from Bad Staffelstein. The World Heritage City offers a variety of activities and attractions for its visitors. The title “Franconian Rome” was given to Bamberg because you can find a church on nearly each of its seven hills.
Of all the city’s churches the Cathedral of Bamberg is particularly impressive. With its four spires it is regarded as the heart of the city; not only because of its fascinating architecture but also because of the valuable works of art inside: the world-famous “Bamberger Reiter” (the “horseman of Bamberg”), a pope’s and an emperor’s grave and the altar built by Veit Stoß. The square of the Cathedral was the centre of the historic Bamberg, due to the fact that the “Babenburg” has been located there, which was the origin of the city. The “Hofhaltung” (an old court next to the Cathedral) and the “Neue Residenz” (New Residence) with its beautiful rosarium are also located around the square of the cathedral.
Inside the church of the monastery on the “Michelsberg”, which was founded in 1015 by the first bishop of Bamberg, you can see the crypt of the canonized bishop Otto. The garden consists of beautiful terrace gardens, an orangery and vineyards
Monastery
“Michelsberg”
(photo:
Susanna Hümmer)
An important emblem of the city is the old town hall which was built upon the river “Regnitz”. Legend has it that the bishop residing at that time didn’t want to permit his citizens to build a town hall, so that they started to knock posts into the Regnitz. In this way they created an artificial island and established the town hall which was regarded as a border between the episcopal and the civil areas of the old town.
The old town hall, which is located upon the Regnitz
(photo: Susanna Hümmer)
“Little - Venice“
(photo: Susanna Hümmer)
Sightseeing tours with a special topic (such as Bamberg in medieval times) are also offered by the tourist information centre.
Bamberg’s nine breweries produce Franconia’s most popular and most famous drink: beer. Every visitor should taste it in one of the numerous beer gardens in the city- they are definitely worth a visit!
In Bamberg’s town centre residents and tourists can appreciate and enjoy the many possibilities of strolling and shopping. Many nice cafés invite you to stay. You can sit outside and relax while watching the crowd and the numerous buskers.
You will surely enjoy and never forget a visit to Bamberg!
Whenever the sun shines you can have a picnic in the beautiful corners of the “Hain” – area. Whenever you want to stop for a bite to eat, you can enjoy the idyllic ambience of the old canal in the restaurant “Bootshaus”.
Sources:
www.bamberg.bayern-online.de
www.bamberg.info
www.wikipedia.de
photos: Susanna Hümmer
text written and translated by Susanna Hümmer, P-Seminar 10/12 “Werbung für Bad Staffelstein” am MGL
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