Bamberg

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base data
Land of the Federal Republic:	Bavaria
governmental district:	Upper Franconia
circle:	Circle-free city
surface:	54.58 km ²
inhabitants:	71.014 (31. December 2004)
Population density:	1,296 inhabitants for each km ²
height:	230-386 m and. NN
postal zip codes:	96001-96052
preselection:	0951
geographical situation:	Coordinates: 49° 53 ′ 30 ″ N 10° 53 ′ 30 ″ O 49° 53 ′ 30 ″ N 10° 53 ′ 30 ″ O
Kfz characteristics:	BA
municipality characteristic number:	09 4 61 000
address of the city administration:	Maximiliansplatz 3 96047 Bamberg
Website:	www.stadt.bamberg.de
Politics
mayor:	Andreas's strong one (SPD)

Bamberg a circle-free city is simultaneous in Franconia ( Free State of Bavaria) and seat of the district Bamberg in the governmental district Upper Franconia. Bamberg is university, ore diocese, beer and administrative city. The old part of town worth seeing is aslargest intact received historical town centre registered in Germany since 1993 as world cultural heritage into the list of the UNESCO. Bamberg could not itself intersperse in Bavarian preselection around the title of the European culture capital 2010.

1 Geografie
2 history
3 culture and objects of interest
4 sport
- of 4,1 associations
5 Regular meetings
6 culinary specialities
- 6,1 beer
7 infrastructure
- 7,1 traffic
8 economics
9 education
10 authorities
11 personalities
12 see also
13 literature
14 sources
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Geografie

The old-venerable Frankish emperor and bishop city extend over the fruitful Talaue of the Regnitz divided here into two arms, which flow to 7 km north the city centre into the Main.

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history

Bamberger cathedral

Bamberger rider

the oldestRelikte Bamberger prehistory are supposed in 19. Jhdt. found Bamberger Götzen. In the year 902 for the first time „a Castrum Babenberch was called “on the today's cathedral mountain. The Lehen 903 belonged to the eastFrankish sex of the Babenberger, thosein a bloody feud with the Rhine-Frankish Konradinern lost. With this feud the last Babenberger, two brothers died. The possessions fell to the king and remained to 973 king property. Emperor Otto II.the Castrum gave his cousin, the duke ofBavaria, Heinrich the Zänker.

1007 took place the establishment of the diocese via emperors Heinrich II., the son Heinrichs of the Zänkers and in the same year he let establish the first cathedral, however twice burned down and by the today's (outthat 13. Century was replaced). A rebellion of the citizens in 16. Century against fürstbischöfliche power remained unsuccessful. Among the prince bishops Lothar Franz and Friedrich Carl von Schönborn experienced the city a high cultural baroque bloom. In the dreissigjährigen warthe city suffered much by Sweden, in the seven-year-old war by Prussia and in 19. Century by French troops.

City and pin became in peacetime of Lunéville the cure principality Bavaria as compensation for the loss of the Pfalz at Francein prospect posed. Still before the final adjustment in the realm deputation main conclusion Bavaria began to 2. September 1802 the territory of the high pin militarily to occupy and explained the area to 29. November finally to a Bavarian province. Prince bishop Franz von Buseck steppedback and with it the end of the independence sealed Bambergs.

To 25. and 26. Held May 1854 eight German central states (Bavaria, Saxonia, Hanover, Württemberg, Baden, cure Hessen, Hessen darmstadt and Nassau) in Bamberg „the Bamberger conference “, inthat it over their position to the two great powers Austria and Prussia in the eastern affair informed themselves.

After the First World War briefly before the selected Bavarian state government (cabinet Hoffmann) in the arguments fled around those in April 1919 Resident of Munich soviet republic after Bamberg, of where out she requested military support for striking down the soviet republic. After the soviet republic had been terminated by realm resistance and free corps, became to 12. August 1919 the Bamberger condition signs.

After the end of the Second World Warbelonged Bamberg to the American zone of occupation. A DP-camp for Displaced so mentioned was person put on by the military administration . Bamberg is since the end of the Second World War garrison of US Army.

Bamberg became in the last decades of Bayreuth aslargest upper-Frankish city replaced.

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history as university town

Bamberg around 1900

the 1647 created university was waived 1803, continued to exist however as „philosophical-theological university “. Extended by all universitären faculties it took the training enterprise to 1946/1947 in the winter semesteron in hope to be able to develop to the fourth Bavarian national university. Energetic initiator was a rector at that time Benedikt Kraft. It appointed considerable professors, who had taught so far in king mountain or Breslau, as well as among other things Judge of the realm court Leipzig. Many outthe war returned former soldiers began here their study, which was extended from term to term. Lawyers for example could study here up to the first state examination, which was removed for the first time in the summer 1950 in the areas of the higher regional court Bamberg. ThoseDevelopment plans smashed themselves then, Regensburg became the fourth Bavarian national university. In the year 1972 the Bamberger university was again-created as comprehensive university and raised 1979 to the university. The petrol Friedrich university Bamberg designated after their founders accommodates spirit and sociological faculties as well as a facultyfor „economical informatics and applied computer science “.

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the most important Bamberger of bishops

(see total list under list of the archbishops of Bamberg)

of the 1. Bishop von Bamberg was Eberhard, chancellors Heinrichs II. (1007 1040).
The 2. Bishopby Bamberg, Suidger, became the will emperor Heinrichs III. accordingly to 24. December 1046 of the Roman religiousness and the people from Rome to the Pope selected. It took the name Klemens II. on. Already to 9. October 1047 it died.He was buried accordingly to its will in his loved Bamberg. He is an only Pope, who is buried north the alps, in the Bamberger cathedral.
Bishop Gunther (1057-1065) originated from the Kanzlei Heinrichs III.and weighty role plays inthe German literature history (Ezzo (poet), hero spades).
The 6. Bishop, Hermann, carried the donation of the Benediktinerabtei Banz by the countess Alberada (1071), created 1073 the Augustinerstift pc. Jakob to Bamberg, became later because of Simonie and Verschwendung withPope accused and 1075 set off.
Its successor Rupert (died 1102) became, because he itself 1076 on the realm meeting to Worms against Pope Gregor VII. explained, with the spell occupied, later however loose-spoken and again assigned.
The 8. Bishop, Otto II. of Mistelbach, the famous „Apostel of the Pommern “ 1124, died was holy spoken 1139 and 1189.

Otto the holy one

from now on were selected the bishops by the cathedral chapter, although the emperors stressed the right of appointment until 1398.

That15. Bishop, count Ekbert von Andechs (1203 - 1237), was opponent king Philipps and came 1208 into suspicion, with Otto VIII. by Wittelsbach with the murder Philipps to have agreed. It fled itself to his brother-in-law, king Andreas of Hungary, was frightened, outlawed its bischöflichen and replaced only 1214.
Its second successor, Poppo, son of the Mark count Berchtold III. from Istrien, 1242 became because of waste of the church goods and other offenses of the emperor FriedrichII. frightened.
The 18. Bishop, Heinrich of forging field (1242 - 1258), attained first special sovereignty rights and from emperor Friedrich II. the title of a prince bishop.
The 30. Bishop, Lambert of Brunn (1374 - 1398), chancellors of emperor Karl's IV., introduced new deliveries, in particular the beer Pfennig, which was called still after centuries of the Lambertiner.
Friedrich of Aufsess (1421 - 1431) put partly because of the Hussitenkriegs, partly because of the promotion of the Bamberger citizens through Emperor Sigismund 1431 the government down and died 1440.
Under its successors Anton of Rotenhan (1431-1459) increased the arguments with the Bamberger citizens, into whom now beside emperors Sigismund also the council was involved of Basel.
Philipp, countfrom hen mountain (1475 - 1487), the Jews from Bamberg drove out and collected to large treasures, those its successor
Heinrich III., large from Trockau (1487 - 1501), in its fights against the Mark count Kasimir of Brandenburg very toocame.
The 39. Bishop, George III., hereditarygive from Limpurg (1505 - 1522), let 1507 by Johann of Schwarzenberg the famous Bamberger neck rules of the court give change, was trusted friend councellor of the emperor Maximilian I., particularly 1518 on Reichstag tooAugsburg, corresponded with famous scholars and even with Martin Luther and forbade the proclamation of the papal bull against the latters.

Bamberger emperor cathedral

of the 46. Bishop, Ernst von Mengersdorf (1583 - 1591), created 1586 the ernestinische priest house and that High School illustre and the delighted residence lock Geyerswörth.
Johann Gottfried of Aschhausen (1609 - 1622) called 1610 the Jesuiten after Bamberg, pursued the Protestanten and became 1612 prince bishop von Würzburg. Under its regency witch pursuits took inBamberg large extents on.
Johann George II., fox of thorn home (1623 - 1633), pursued the Protestanten and fled 1631 before Sweden after Kärnten, where he died. He let many humans in the witch prison Drudenhaus torture and as Witches burn.
Also Franz of Hatzfeld (1633 - 1642), at the same time prince bishop von Würzburg, had to flee; Duke Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar seized the country and wanted to form from the two Principalities of Bamberg and peppering castle a duchy Franconia, which itsin former times death defeated.
Melchior Otto, Voit of Salzburg (1642 - 1653), transformed 1648 the High School illustre into a University of, the today's petrol Friedrich university.
Lothar Franz, count von Schönborn (1693 - 1729), at the same time Koadjutor and archbishop of Mainz, carried in the wars of that time Austria important services against France, builds from 1702 to the current residence to Bamberg, 1711 - for 1719 out the locks Pommersfelden and Gaibach and provided the same with picture galleries.
Friedrich Carl, count ofBeautiful fount (1729 - 1746), at the same time prince bishop von Würzburg, gave 1735 a medical and legal faculty to the university.
The last prince bishop von Bamberg, Christoph Franz of bus-hit a corner (1795 - 1805), fled 1796 before the Frenchmen to Prague and 1799 after hall field. After its second return it (1800) left its nephews, who
prince bishop Georg Karl von Fechenbach to peppering castle, to the Koadjutor and successor to order. But 1802 were already secularized that high pin and the cure prince ofBavaria hand over.

Due to the concordat of 1817 later an archbishop to the place of the former bishop von Bamberg, whose Diözese covered the northern part of Bavaria , stepped, and the bishops were subordinated to which calibrate-corroded by peppering castle, and Speyer.

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Witch processes in Bamberg

Bamberg was a central area of the witch illusion. In the time of the witch processes Johann Gottfried I. took under the regency of the archbishops of Bamberg. by Aschhausen (1609-1622) and its successor Johann George II. Fox of thorn home (1623-1633) those Witch pursuits in Bamberg large extents on.

As well as similar substantial pursuits leave themselves in South Germany only in the witch process series of the high pins peppering castle and calibrate-corrode in cure Mainz and Ellwangen to prove.

1612/1613 and 1617/1618 died in the high pin Bamberg 300 persons in the flamesthe heap of failure. However 1617 was executed 102 humans in the high pin during witch processes. Most well-known victim was a mayor Johannes Junius, which was tortured in August 1628 in the witch prison Drudenhaus.

1629 appeared a contemporary witch treatise. Therein it means:

„Kurtzer and more wahrhafftigerReport and erschreckliche new newspaper of six hundred witches, Zauberern and Teuffels banners; which the Bischoff to Bamberg let burn/which it in amicable and embarrassing question admits “.

(quotes after: Wolfgang Behringer (Hrsg.), witches and witch process. Munich 1998, No. 171,and Web left [1]).

Bamberg

Table of contents

Geografie

history

history as university town

the most important Bamberger of bishops

Witch processes in Bamberg

culture and objects of interest

theatre

museums and galleries

music

of buildings

list of the Sehenswürdigeiten

parks and forests

sport

associations

regular meetings

culinary specialities

beer

infrastructure

Traffic

rail traffic

motorways

federal highways

federal water way

airfield

economics

education

High Schools

other one schools

boardings school

authorities

personalities

of sons and daughters of the city

further personalities

of twin cities

twin town

see also

other places with the name Bamberg

persons with name Bamberg

other with the name Bamberg

literature

sources

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