Bamberg

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Bamberg is a historic city in northern Bavaria, Germany, renowned for its well-preserved medieval old town and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
administrativeStatus independent city (kreisfreie Stadt)
areaCode 0951
capitalOf Bamberg district (Landkreis Bamberg)
linked to: Bamberg district
coordinateLocation 49.8917°N 10.8864°E
country Germany
dioceseEstablished 1007
foundedBy Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
foundedInPeriod early Middle Ages
grantedTownRights 10th–11th century
hasLandmark Alte Hofhaltung
Altenburg Castle
Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall)
Bamberg Cathedral
Klein-Venedig (Little Venice)
Michaelsberg Abbey
Neue Residenz
hasPart Bamberg old town
linked to: Bamberg
hasUniversity University of Bamberg NERFINISHED
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
historicalRole important center of the Holy Roman Empire
seat of the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg
knownFor medieval and baroque architecture
rauchbier (smoked beer)
traditional breweries
well-preserved historic city center
language German
localDialect East Franconian German
linked to: East Franconian
locatedIn Bavaria
Upper Franconia
northern Bavaria
locatedNear confluence of Regnitz and Main
locatedOn Regnitz River
linked to: Regnitz
oldTownCharacteristic well-preserved medieval urban fabric
partOf Free State of Bavaria
linked to: Bavaria
population approximately 78,000
postalCodeRange 96047–96052
region Franconia
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
twinTown Bedford
Feldkirchen (Austria)
Prague 1
Rodez
Villach
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 1993
universityEstablished 1979 (modern University of Bamberg)
vehicleRegistrationCode BA

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Bavaria containsCity Bamberg
Lichtenfels locatedNear Bamberg
Phenomenology of Spirit placeOfPublication Bamberg
subject linked to: phenomenology of spirit
Main flowsThrough Bamberg
Main hasCityOnBank Bamberg
Southern Germany hasHistoricCity Bamberg
subject linked to: southern Germany
Upper Franconia contains Bamberg
A73 connectsTo Bamberg
Otto of Greece deathPlace Bamberg
Franken majorCity Bamberg
Franken hasUNESCOSite Old Town of Bamberg
linked to: Bamberg
S-Bahn Nuremberg serves Bamberg
Caroline Schelling residence Bamberg
Bamberg dialect spokenIn Bamberg
Bamberg dialect geographicCenter city of Bamberg
linked to: Bamberg
Main flowsThrough Bamberg
subject linked to: River Main
Bedford hasTwinTown Bamberg
Regnitz flowsThrough Bamberg
Regnitz mouthLocation Bamberg
Regnitz hasCityOnBank Bamberg
Regnitz passesHistoricCity Bamberg UNESCO World Heritage Site
linked to: Bamberg
Franconia contains Bamberg
Franconia hasCulturalSite Bamberg Old Town
linked to: Bamberg
Bamberg hasPart Bamberg old town
linked to: Bamberg
Central Germany containsCity Bamberg
Central Germany containsHeritageSite Bamberg Old Town
linked to: Bamberg
Coburg hasRailConnectionTo Bamberg
Castle Road passesThrough Bamberg
BA appliesToCity Bamberg
BA jurisdiction city of Bamberg
linked to: Bamberg
Northern Bavaria majorCity Bamberg
subject linked to: northern Bavaria
Northern Bavaria hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Old Town of Bamberg
subject linked to: northern Bavaria
linked to: Bamberg
Bamberg district surrounds Bamberg
Bamberg district capital Bamberg
Forchheim locatedNear Bamberg
Bamber hasVariantSpelling Bamberg