At the beginning of the 18th century it was decided that the chapter house was no longer suitable and the architect Balthasar Neumann was commissioned with a baroque new building. Today, the chapter house accommodates the Bamberger Diözesanmuseum (the Diocese Museum), where visitors can admire, among other things, numerous original figures of the cathedral portals, testimonies of the Bamberg churches history, as well as extraordinary exhibits, like the starry mantle of Henry II.
18. April 2018
At the beginning of the 18th century it was decided that the chapter house was no longer suitable and the architect Balthasar Neumann was commissioned with […]
18. April 2018
Regicide In the Middle Ages, The Old Court was the scene of a momentous crime. King Philip of Swabia, who was about to be elected Emperor, was […]
18. April 2018
This gate takes its name from the nearly life-size sculpture of the biblical forefather, which receives the visitors on the right side of the portal. Next […]
18. April 2018
It stands on the territory of the settlement “papinberc”, which Emperor Otto II. gave to the Bavarian Duke Heinrich dem Zänker. The construction of the church […]
18. April 2018
The Bamberg Town Hall The baroque town hall is the hub of Maxplatz. It was built between 1732 and 1737 by Balthasar Neumann and Justus Heinrich […]
18. April 2018
The only baroque church in Bamberg St. Martin Church was built between 1686 and 1693 and has a magnificent Baroque façade, designed by Georg Dientzenhofer. He […]
18. April 2018
Towards the end of the 17th century, Prince-Bishop Lothar Franz von Schönborn decided to modernize the fountain and in 1697 commissioned the sculptor Casper Metzner to […]
18. April 2018
While the work on the building, started in 1717, could be completed in 1720, the realization of the outdoor facilities lasted until the year 1722. Until […]
