Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bamberg, Germany

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 1.3 km
Ascend 73 m
Descend 42 m

Explore Bamberg in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in BambergIndividual Sights in Bamberg

Sight 1: E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Haus

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The E.T.A. Hoffmann House in the Upper Franconian city of Bamberg is a memorial dedicated to the person and work of the German writer, composer and illustrator E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822).

Wikipedia: E.T.A. Hoffmann-Haus (DE)

354 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Klosterbräu

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Klosterbräu Bamberg is the oldest brewery in Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Germany. It is located in the so-called Mühlenviertel near the river Regnitz. The annual output is about 4,000 hectoliters.

Wikipedia: Klosterbräu Bamberg (EN), Website

92 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Böttingerhaus

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The Böttingerhaus, sometimes also known as the Prellshaus, is a city palace located on the Judenstraße in the mountain town of Bamberg. It is one of the most important bourgeois buildings of the Baroque period in southern Germany.

Wikipedia: Böttingerhaus (DE)

135 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Sankt Stephan

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St. Stephen's Church in Bamberg's Old Town is the only Protestant church to have been consecrated by a pope. He performed the consecration at Easter 1020 in the presence of Henry II and Kunigunde, whom he had crowned imperial couple in Rome six years earlier. It was the first papal visit north of the Alps in almost 200 years.

Wikipedia: St. Stephan (Bamberg) (DE), Website

104 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Apfelweibla

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The Apfelweibla is a brass doorknob depicting an elderly woman in Bamberg's old town.

Wikipedia: Apfelweibla (DE)

194 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Obere Pfarre - Zu unserer lieben Frau

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Obere Pfarre - Zu unserer lieben Frau

The Upper Parish or Church of Our Lady is a Gothic Roman Catholic parish church in Bamberg, Germany. It belongs to the pastoral care area of Bamberg West in the deanery of Bamberg of the Archdiocese of Bamberg.

Wikipedia: Obere Pfarre (Bamberg) (DE), Website

298 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Diözesanmuseum Bamberg

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Diözesanmuseum Bamberg Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

The Diocesan Museum Bamberg, in the chapter house to the left of the cathedral, shows art treasures from the old cathedral treasury of Bamberg Cathedral and the entire archdiocese. The imperial robes, a unique collection of embroidered silk robes from the 11th century, and the regalia from the only papal tomb north of the Alps make the museum a world-class treasure house.

Wikipedia: Diözesanmuseum Bamberg (DE), Website

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Bamberger Dom

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Bamberger Dom

Bamberg Cathedral is a church in Bamberg, Germany, completed in the 13th century. The cathedral is under the administration of the Archdiocese of Bamberg and is the seat of the its archbishop. Since 1993, the cathedral has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Town of Bamberg".

Wikipedia: Bamberg Cathedral (EN), Website

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