Bamberg: Fascination World Cultural Heritage
Thursday, 3 January 2013 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , UNESCO World Heritage
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View from Michaelsberg © Bodo Kubrak
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Bamberg is a city in
Bavaria located in
Upper Franconia on the
river Regnitz close to its confluence with the
river Main . Bamberg is home to eight breweries, Brauerei Fässla, Brauerei Greifenklau, Brauerei Heller-Trum, Brauerei Kaiserdom, Keesmann Bräu, Klosterbräu, Mahrs Bräu and Brauerei Spezial, and one brewpub, Ambräusianum – an unusually high number for a city of 70,000.
The Old Town of Bamberg is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage, primarily because of its authentic medieval appearance. The city established a documentation centre in 2005 to support World Heritage activities. Bamberg prides itself with being on seven hills, as it symbolises similarity to Rome. The hills are Cathedral Hill, Michaelsberg, Kaulberg/Obere Pfarre, Stefansberg, Jakobsberg, Altenburger Hill and Abtsberg. In 1973, the town celebrated the 1000th anniversary of its founding with a rich history over the centuries.
Former meat hall, today part of the university © Schubbay
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 and stayed there for almost two years before the Bavarian capital of
Munich was retaken by
Freikorps units (
Bavarian Soviet Republic ). The first republican constitution of Bavaria was passed in Bamberg, becoming known as the
Bamberger Verfassung (
Bamberg Constitution ).
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