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 […]
