The twin-towered abbey church of Michaelsberg Abbey seen from below, rising above the trees on its hilltop in Bamberg.

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Michaelsberg Abbey

Michaelsberg Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery on a hilltop above Bamberg's old town, founded in 1015 by Bishop Eberhard I. Its abbey church of St. Michael, built in Romanesque and later Baroque style, closed for structural repairs in 2012 and reopened to visitors in April 2026. Former monastery buildings now house a city retirement home and a brewery museum.

Nearby

New Residence

palace

Historical Museum Bamberg

museum

Little Venice

street

Bamberg Cathedral

church

Schlenkerla

restaurant

Old Town Hall

historic building

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