Particularly admirable here is the so-called portico. This is a traditional colonnade designed to commemorate the Roman temples. In the architecture of the 19th century such vestibules are typical for religious buildings. Today, the portico, in addition to the tombs of numerous prominent and wealthy families of the Wilhelminian period, also houses a columbarium for urn burials.
18. April 2018
Particularly admirable here is the so-called portico. This is a traditional colonnade designed to commemorate the Roman temples. In the architecture of the 19th century such […]
18. April 2018
Adjacent to this square Roman Boxberger erected in 1906 an impressive monumental building in the style of the German Renaissance. This building was to serve as […]
18. April 2018
At today’s Pfahlplätzchen, the former Judenhof, there were not only Jewish houses, but also the first Bamberg synagogue, a Jewish school and the Judentanzhaus, which served […]
18. April 2018
As a result of the Reich Progrom Night on 9 November 1938, the National Socialists destroyed the synagogue and almost completely wiped out Bamberg’s Jewish community. […]
18. April 2018
The new branch was completed in 1910 by the architect Johannes Kronfuß in the neo-baroque style and with its sculptural elements it artfully takes up the […]
18. April 2018
Its foundation can be traced back to the institution by the citizen Franz Münzmeister in 1352. The completion of the convent finally took place in 1356. […]
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 […]
