Each of these curia has its own courtyard, as well as a chapel, after whose patron saint the whole courtyard was named. Most of the preserved curia were built between the 15th and 18th century or were subsequently baroqueised. The probably oldest curia among the courts is the “Curia St. Laurentii”, which was built around the year 1200.

18. April 2018

Domherrenhöfe

Each of these curia has its own courtyard, as well as a chapel, after whose patron saint the whole courtyard was named. Most of the preserved […]
18. April 2018

Congregatio Jesu

The order could really gain a foothold with the construction of its institute house in 1717. The church was completed almost twenty years later, in 1737. […]
18. April 2018

Luitpold School

Exceptional are the portraits of Prince Rupprecht and Princess Marie Gabriele, who married in 1900 and thus became the last Bavarian Crown Couple, as well as […]
18. April 2018

Main Cemetery

Apparently the rise of the groundwater had caused the coffins to stand in the water and the deceased did not rot properly as a result. Due […]
18. April 2018

Wilhelm Square

The Justice Building (Wilhelmsplatz 1), for example, was completed in 1909 by Max Höfl. Even today, this iconic Renaissance-style square building houses the Higher Regional Court. […]
18. April 2018

Lange Straße

An example of this is the 1717 baroque “Haus zum Saal”, with its striking red stepped gable. Better known by the Bambergers as the Wallenstein House, […]
18. April 2018

Princes’ Gate

The Gate and the origins of Jewish history in Bamberg The Jewish history of Bamberg dates back to the 11th century. Historical sources show that the […]
18. April 2018

Timber market

The apartment building designed by the architect Gustav Haeberles in 1910 stands with its design for the late youth and reform style. As such, it stands […]
18. April 2018

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