Bamberg and Diocesan Museum - Walking Tour, Bavaria, Germany
Bamberg and Diocesan Museum - Walking Tour, Bavaria, Germany
Bamberg’s Diocesan Museum emerged from Bamberg’s Cathedral Treasury. Its most famous exhibit is the Imperial Star Cloak which was presented as a gift to Emperor Heinrich II by the Apulian ruler Ishmael (Melus).
Steeped in 1000 years of history, the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. George is one of the legacies left by Emperor Heinrich II. This house of worship is an architectural tour de force and is home to unique works of art. The sculpture of the Bamberg Horseman is also world-famous.
Bamberg’s Museum of History in the Old Court on Cathedral Square boasts a large number of valuable exhibits. Its extensive collections bear witness to the art, culture and history of this beautiful World Heritage City from prehistory to the 21st century.
The New Residence, former seat of Bamberg’s Prince Bishops accommodates several late Gothic and early Renaissance masterpieces belonging to the art collections of the Free State of Bavaria and the City of Bamberg.
More than 4,500 manuscripts in the State Library, 1,000 of which mediaeval codices and donations of Emperor Heinrich II.! Three manuscripts, including the Bamberg Apocalypse, have been inscribed on UNESCO's “Memory of the World” Register.
The construction of the State Rooms of the New Residence for Bamberg’s Prince Bishops began in 1613. The splendid Imperial Hall was painted al fresco by Melchior Steidl and features 16 imposing imperial portraits.
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Famous Museum In Bamberg Germany
We visited a famous museum in Bamberg Germany. Had lots of art and history in it. Enjoy!
Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany
Bamberg is an outstanding historical city, its old town is a UNESCO recognised protected zone and it has a great deal to offer the visitor. Like Rome, with which you will see and feel the similarities on visiting, it is built on seven hills - Cathedral Hill, Michaelsberg, Kaulberg/Obere Pfarre, Stefansberg, Jakobsberg, Altenburg and Abtsberg. Once run by Prince Bishops, each hill is crowned with a church.
It seems as though the river is an important part of the life blood of the city. The Regnitz is not a long river but it splits into two thus appearing to be everywhere and it flows into the Main near Bamberg. The Rhine – Main – Danube canal also passes near the city. I left my motorhome at a camp site to the south of the city and cycled in following the river and also using my bicycle to explore the area between the branches of the river and the canal. I was fortunate to visit in June which I suspect could be the best time of the year to visit!
Bamberg was first mentioned in 902CE and its name comes from the Babenberg family. The Holy Roman Emperor Henry II ordered the building of a cathedral, which was consecrated 6 May 1012. The church was enriched with gifts from the pope, and Henry had it dedicated in honor of him. In 1017 Henry also founded Michaelsberg Abbey on the Michaelsberg (another Mount St. Michael like those in Normandy and Cornwall), for the training of the clergy. When Pope While he was here he placed the diocese in direct dependence on the Holy See and personally consecrated some of Bamberg's churches. It would be fair to say that at this time, Bamberg was the centre of the Holy Roman Empire. Both Emperor Henry and his wife Kunigunde were buried in the cathedral.
From the middle of the 13th century onward the bishops ruled the Holy Roman Empire. This benefited Bamberg and left us with some of the magnificent buildings we see today, particularly around the area of the Cathedral.
We also see in Bamberg some of the excesses of the Church. The city is noted for the witch trials of the 17th century which claimed about one thousand victims in Bamberg, reaching a climax between 1626 and 1631, under the rule of Prince-Bishop Johann Georg II Fuchs von Dornheim.
In 1803 the Holy Roman Empire was wound up by Napoleon and Bamberg became part of Bavaria. It had a population then in excess of 200,000.
Bamberg was first connected to the German rail system in 1844, which has been an important part of its infrastructure ever since.
After a communist uprising took control over Bavaria in the years following World War I, the state government fled to Bamberg from Munich The first republican constitution of Bavaria was passed in Bamberg.
In February 1926 Bamberg served as the venue for the Bamberg Conference, convened by Adolf Hitler in his attempt to foster unity and to stifle dissent within the Nazi party. Bamberg was chosen for its location in Upper Franconia, reasonably close to the residences of the members of the dissident northern Nazi faction but still within Bavaria.
Bamberg escaped significant damage during WW2 but it could have been here where German resistance leader Claus von Stauffenberg had the idea to use the Valykire Plan as a means of overthrowing the Nazis. In the film Valkyrie, we see Stauffenberg at home in with his wife taking shelter as bombers pass over head whilst the children play at being Valkyries and Wagner’s music is playing on the record player. Stauffenberg’s home was at Schützenstraße 20 in Bamberg and his widow lived there after the war.
There are also underground tunnels beneath the town. These were originally constructed as mines which supplied sandstone which could be used for construction or as an abrasive cleaner. Mining came to an end in 1920 but a 12km tunnel network remained. The tunnels were used as an air raid shelter during World War II. A part of the network can be visited on a guided tour
The most curious building in Bamberg must be the Obere Brücke which was completed in 1455. Halfway across this, on an island, is the Rathaus or town hall which in its current state largely dates to 1756. The lyceum, formerly a Jesuit college, contains a natural history museum. The old palace (Alte Hofhaltung) was built in 1591 on the site of an old residence of the counts of Babenberg. Monuments include the Maximilian fountain (1880), with statues of King Maximilian I of Bavaria, the emperor Henry II and his wife, Conrad III and Saint Otto, bishop of Bamberg.[2]
Bamberg is known for its beer and is home to nine breweries. And I should mention its lively atmosphere!
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Neue Residenz Bamberg - Walking Tour, Bavaria, Germany
Neue Residenz Bamberg - Walking Tour, Bavaria, Germany
The four-winged complex of the New Residence was built in two stages. Firstly, the backwards two-winged section, which flanks the Obere Karolinenstrasse, was built from 1602 on in the Renaissance style under Prince Bishop von Gebsattel. Then, under Prince Bishop Lothar von Schönborn, the Baroque wings facing the Cathedral were built between 1697 and 1703 as a residence for the Prince Bishop by Leonhard Dientzenhofer.
The magnificent building complex has over 40 state rooms featuring stucco-work ceilings, furniture and tapestries from the 17th and 18th centuries. Painted on the walls of the Imperial Hall are 16 larger than life-sized portraits of emperors, the work of Melchior Steidl.
The Elector's Rooms, the Prince-Bishop's Apartments and the gallery with Old German and Baroque paintings (Branch of the Bavarian State Galleries) are of particular interest and there is a fine view from the Rose Garden in the Residence courtyard. Prince Bishop Friedrich Karl von Schönborn had this regularly symmetrical garden laid out by Balthasar Neumann. It is bordered with clipped lime trees and a dainty garden pavilion (completed in 1757) and with around 4,500 roses in over 70 beds it is filled in summer with fragrance and colour. Every year, the rosen garden serenades take place there.
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Die Obere Pfarre erstrahlt in neuem Glanz
Die Sanierung der Oberen Pfarre hat nach 4 Jahren ein Ende gefunden.
Places to see in ( Bamberg - Germany ) Alte Hofhaltung
Places to see in ( Bamberg - Germany ) Alte Hofhaltung
The Alte Hofhaltung is a historic building complex in Bamberg . It consists of former residential and commercial buildings of the episcopal court, which were built from the 15th century on the site of the Palatinate of Emperor Henry II. The Vorbebauung the old court attitude was the Castrum Babenberg , the former Palatinate Emperor Henry II and included probably since the founding of the diocese in 1007 the residence of the bishop.
After completion of the construction work on the Domberg, the old court yard, which still contains the remains of palaces and chapels from the 11th century , stood between the cathedral in the south and the new residence in the north. After the Prince-Bishop's move to a new palace, the buildings were used as a chancery, library and council chamber. Today there is the Historical Museum of the city and in the Henneberg wing the Dombauhütteaccommodated. In summer, the Calderon Festival takes place in the courtyard .
After the death of Adalbert von Babenberg from the house of Popponen whose feudal property became the crown and remained there until the year 973. In that year they came as a fief to Duke Henry the Brawler. During the time as Kronbesitz the castrum was also used as a state prison. Here the Deposed King of Italy and Margrave of Ivrea Berengar II and his wife were arrested.
From the time of Emperor Henry II, the dedicatory inscription of the Thomaskapelle has been preserved. It shows that in 1020 Pope Benedict VIII consecrated this chapel in honor of Mary and St. Thomas. From the 11th century was also the no longer existing chapel St. Andrew. Legend has it that Empress Kunigunde submitted to the divine judgment by going over red-hot plowshares. For the results of the excavations see Domberg (Bamberg). In the 16th century, the Palas Henry II was broken off; some window arches inside the Renaissance wing have been preserved.
The romantic courtyard, framed by late Gothic half-timbered buildings with arcades, was created by demolishing a building dividing the courtyard. In the courtyard is a large covered sandstone pool on which a water trough is attached. The filling of this water basin took over the remote water supply .
In 1938, the Franconian Museum of Local History was established in the Renaissance building (from 1957 Bamberg Historical Museum). Until 1961 flats were housed in the south and west wing of the late Gothic timber-framed buildings. After the fire of the castle Trausnitz in Landshut on October 21, 1961, the apartments were evacuated in an express procedure. Already at that time, the plan was to transform the entire complex into museum rooms, which was to be implemented in 1973 already for the 1000th anniversary of the city of Bamberg. The completion, however, dragged on until the 1990s.
For the event of the 85th Catholic Day in Bamberg in 1966, the construction hut of the Dombauhütte in the donkey stable was demolished in favor of an honorary tribune. The workshop of the Dombauhütte was initially housed in the southern wing of the Henneberg Wing, before she could move into her present home. For the 1000th anniversary in 1973, the Calderon Festival was first performed in the courtyard of this former prince-bishop's residence. The courtyard is also used as a social meeting place for various celebrations and events of the Archdiocese of Bamberg.
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Diocesan museum
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Places to see in ( Bamberg - Germany ) Bamberger Dom
Places to see in ( Bamberg - Germany ) Bamberger Dom
The Bamberg Cathedral is a church in Bamberg, Germany, completed in the 13th century. The cathedral is under the administration of the Roman Catholic Church and is the seat of the Archbishop of Bamberg. Since 1993, the cathedral has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Town of Bamberg.
It was founded in 1002 by King (and later Emperor) Heinrich II (Henry II) and consecrated in 1012. After the first two cathedrals burned down in the 11th and 12th centuries, the current structure, a late Romanesque building with four large towers, was built in the 13th century.
The cathedral is about 94 m long, 28 m broad, 26 m high, and the four towers are each about 81 m high. It contains many works of art, including the marble tomb of the founder and his wife, the Empress Kunigunde, considered a masterpiece of the sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider, and carved between 1499 and 1513.
Another well-known treasure of the cathedral is an equestrian statue known as the Bamberg Horseman (German: Der Bamberger Reiter). This statue, possibly depicting the Hungarian king Stephen I, most likely dates to the period from 1225 to 1237.
The cathedral is about 94 m long, 28 m broad, 26 m high, and the four towers are each about 81 m high. The cathedral has a choir at each end. The eastern choir is the oldest part of the cathedral, still in pure Romanesque style. The western choir is early Gothic and its vault was built from 1232. The northern transept holds a late Gothic (c. 1500) altar dedicated to Mary (Mühlhausener Altar). It was previously located in the Protestant parish church of Mühlhausen. In 1781, it was replaced and then sold off in 1891. Given to Archbishop Joseph von Schork (de), he gifted it in 1904 to the cathedral.
The cathedral square is also fronted by the Renaissance buildings of the Alte Hofhaltung (de) and the Baroque Neue Residenz (de), the palaces of the bishops from the 15th century to 1602 and from 1602 to 1803, respectively. Originally known as Hofplatz or Burgplatz, after secularization the square was renamed Karolinenplatz in honour of the then Queen of Bavaria, Karoline. Only in 1949, did Domplatz become the official name for the area. Previously, this had been limited to just the immediate surroundings of the cathedral.
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The Bamberg Apocalypse is an 11th-century richly illuminated manuscript containing the Book of Revelation and a Gospel Lectionary.It was created in the scriptorium at Reichenau between 1000 and 1020 and is closely related to other Reichenau manuscripts including the Pericopes of Henry II and the Munich Gospels of Otto III.It was commissioned by Otto III.The manuscript was unfinished at the time of Otto's death and was ordered completed by Henry II, who then, along with his wife, Cunigunde, donated it to the newly established Collegiate Abbey of St.
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Places to see in ( Bamberg - Germany )
Places to see in ( Bamberg - Germany )
Bamberg is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, laid out over 7 hills where the Regnitz and Main rivers meet. Its old town preserves structures from the 11th to 19th centuries including the muraled Altes Rathaus (town hall), which occupies an island in the Regnitz reached by arched bridges. The Romanesque Bamberg Cathedral, begun in the 11th century, features 4 towers and numerous stone carvings.
The World Heritage City of Bamberg is in Upper Franconia resting on seven hills. And if that sounds Roman, this seat of episcopal power is still called the “Rome of Franconia”, You’ll certainly get that impression on Domplatz, where the cathedral and its four towers are awe-inspiring and flanked by the solemn Medieval and Baroque palaces for Bamberg’s mighty Prince Bishops.
You could lose a day or more under the spell of this place buried in artefacts at the museums in the old courts or gazing at the view of Bamberg’s lower quarters from the Baroque rose garden on a terrace. Down there, cross the River Regnitz you’ll be in the Inselstadt (Island City), which was Bamberg’s secular merchant settlement. To have a say in city affairs the merchants built themselves a town hall, right in the middle of the river and coated with frescoes in the 18th century.
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.
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. The history and culture of this World Heritage City is uncovered at the museum inside the Alte Hofhaltung.
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.
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. Behind the Neue Residenz is the palace’s spellbinding rose garden.
In the diocesan chapterhouse, also on the Cathedral Square is a museum based on the lavish and fascinating collections of Bamberg’s cathedral treasury. The highest hill in the city has been fortified since the 12th century as Altenburg , and at that time it was used as a refuge for Bamberg’s citizens during battles and raids.
Obere Pfarre 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. 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.
Michaelsberg Abbey was established in 1015 and was rebuilt in the following century by Bishop Otto. The Bamberger Kreuzweg is made up of nine stations (from an original 14) from the Church of St. Elisabeth to the Church of St. Getreu. The influential Romantic author, E. T. A. Hoffmann lived at this narrow house on what is now Schillerplatz for just under five years from 1808 to 1813. The museum here now tries to convey the spirit of his writing and his personality.
Bamberg’s oldest quarter, the Sandgebiet puts on one of Bavaria’s largest folk festivals, drawing 300,000 people to the city in mid-August. The Sandkerwa’s roots go back to a Medieval celebration for the Church of St. Elisabeth.
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Walk around Bamberg and tour the breathtaking cathedral and old town hall
Bamberg is Germany's World Heritage City. The entire city is recognized by UNESCO for its cultural importance and it certainly deserves that recognition. Nestled between the Main and Regnitz rivers Bamberg is an intimate and attractive city, Mark shows you why.
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I was glad to finish this video about my visit of the town of Bamberg with my brother. Bamberg sort of escaped massive destruction during the war.
My video mostly highlights the surrounding areas of Altes Rathaus particularly the 14th century old Municipio di Bamberga (the Old Town Hall).
I took special interest in the river Regnitz and the Town Hall's splendid frescoes that adorn its fascades.
It also fascinated me that in all the cities, towns and municipalities we visited during our Amsterdam to Budapest Cruise, the houses and buildings or other structures have a colourful display of boxed geraniums and other blooms by their window sills. I am thinking of doing this in my property after I have finished all my intended travels to Europe because these boxed geraniums are fantastically pleasing to the eyes.
Also, I took delight to take videos of people in the town particularly the locals having as people watching is one of my favourite pastimes, particularly, when I am in a foreign country. I believe I have the right instinct to know who the locals are from the tourists.
The young people in the bridge were most interesting and the old man whom I was also able to capture on my camera, but unfortunately not his peculiarly-looking bike. Incidentally my camera is old and I spotted the differences of the shots taken by my brother Art Blanco, who has a more sophisticated camera compared to mine. The notable differences were in the sky and
and the atmosphere.
Yes the weather when we were here was chilly and overcast and so I had to pull up the hood of my cardigan in fear of catching a cold.
However, my brother's camera was able to capture some blue tints f the sky which my camera did not.
I was taken aback but still manage to capture the young people whom I supposed must be having the 'Fruhschoppen'--ie being so jolly that I thought they must have had a considerable beer. I thought they would be upset because I was videotaping them (ie having lived in Australia where privacy is of utmost important). I was amazed one of them even kind of posed for my camera.
Caminobscura. Historisches Museum in Bamberg.
Ein Film von Tanja Ackemann und Patrick Jaworek.
Dokumentation about the camera obscura works of Sven Nieder and Günter Derleth on spanish pilgrimages shown on a exhibition in Bamberg / Historisches Museum.
Dokumentation über die Camera Obscura Arbeiten von Sven Nieder und Dünter Derleth auf spanischen Pilgerwegen während einer Ausstellung im Historischen Museum Bamberg.
Sven Nieder und Günter Derleth waren unabhängig voneinander mit der Camera Obscura auf dem Jakobsweg wandern. Tanja Ackemann und Patrick Jaworek haben die beiden Fotokünstler in Bamberg, bei der Ausstellung besucht und in Szene gesetzt.
Bei den Nachtansichten in Bielefeld waren die Lochkamera-Bilder in der Altstädter Nicolaikirche zu sehen.
Bamberg, Germany in 10 minutes. A place of mystery and melancholy.
This slide deck from pictures I took a while recently vacationing there.
Das Bamberger Naturkundemuseum | Zwischen Spessart und Karwendel | BR Fernsehen
Das Bamberger Naturkundemuseum gilt als eines der ältesten und schönsten Naturkundemuseen weltweit. Der historische Vogelsaal ist gleichsam ein Museum im Museum und lohnt schon deshalb einen Besuch im ehemaligen Jesuitenkolleg im Herzen der Stadt. Die Mitarbeiter des Museums sind immer wieder gespannt auf fossile Funde im nahe gelegenen Steinbruch und nicht selten gelingen ihnen kleine und große Funde.
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