Explore Bamberg

The Old Town Hall stands on an artificial island in the Regnitz river, linking Bamberg's Berg and Insel districts by two bridges. First recorded in 1387 and rebuilt in Gothic style in the 1460s, it was remodelled in Baroque and Rococo form in the 1740s-50s, with illusionistic frescoes painted on its facade in 1755.

Bamberg Cathedral is a late Romanesque cathedral built between 1002 and 1237 on the orders of King Henry II, with four towers rising 81 metres. Inside stand the Bamberg Horseman equestrian statue, the marble tomb of Henry II and Kunigunde carved by Tilman Riemenschneider, and the only papal grave north of the Alps.

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.

The Altenburg is a medieval hill castle on the highest of Bamberg's seven hills, first recorded by 1109 with its current keep built around 1400. Restored since the early 19th century, it now houses a restaurant and a hall used for events, and overlooks the old town and the Regnitz valley.