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Bamberg

Bamberg is a Landkreis in , . It surrounds but does not include the town of . The district is bounded by the districts of , , , , , , and .
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  • Type: County with 148,000 residents
  • Description: Administrative district in Bavaria, Germany, established in 1939 as successor to Bezirksamt Bamberg
  • Also known as: “Bamberg (Kreis)”, “Bamberg County”, “Bamberg County District”, “Bamberg County Office”, “Bamberg District (historic)”, and “Bamberg Rural District”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bamberg Cathedral and Bamberg State Library.

Church
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is a church in , , completed in the 13th century. The cathedral is under the administration of the Archdiocese of Bamberg and is the seat of its archbishop.

Library
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The is a combined universal, regional and research library with priority given to the humanities. Today it is housed in the , the former prince-bishop's new palace. The Free State of Bavaria is responsible for the library.

Castle
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The is a castle that sits on the tallest of the seven hills of , southern , overlooking the town. It is located in , a region in the state of , and dates back to at least 1109.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bamberg and Stegaurach.

Photo: Benreis, CC BY 3.0.
is in . The town has slightly over 70,000 residents. For its historical architecture and preserved heritage, the whole town of is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.

Village
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is a municipality and a village in the district of Bamberg and the seat of the administrative community of .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Bamberg.

Bamberg

Latitude
49.8632° or 49° 51′ 47″ north
Longitude
10.8786° or 10° 52′ 43″ east
Population
148,000
Elevation
237 metres (778 feet)
Open location code
8FXGVV7H+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240110900
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
3220844
Wiki­data ID
Q10444
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Bamberg” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة بامبيرغ”
  • Aragonese: “Districto de Bamberg”
  • Armenian: “Բամբերգ”
  • Basque: “Bamberg”
  • Bavarian: “Landkroas Bamberg”
  • Belarusian: “Бамберг”
  • Belarusian: “Бамбэрг”
  • Belarusian: “Раён Бамберг”
  • Catalan: “districte de Bamberg”
  • Catalan: “Landkreis Bamberg”
  • Cebuano: “Landkreis Bamberg”
  • Chinese: “Bamberg Kūn”
  • Chinese: “班贝格县”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Bamberg”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Bamberk”
  • Danish: “Landkreis Bamberg”
  • Dutch: “Bamberg”
  • Dutch: “Landkreis Bamberg”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Bamberg”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Bamberg”
  • Finnish: “Bambergin piirikunta”
  • French: “arrondissement de Bamberg”
  • French: “Arrondissement de Bamberg”
  • French: “Kreis de Bamberg (historique)”
  • Georgian: “ბამბერგის რაიონი”
  • German: “Bamberg (Kreis)”
  • German: “Landkreis Bamberg”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז במברג”
  • Hungarian: “Bamberg járás”
  • Indonesian: “Bamberg”
  • Interlingue: “Subdistrict Bamberg”
  • Italian: “circondario di Bamberga”
  • Italian: “Circondario di Bamberga”
  • Japanese: “バンベルク郡”
  • Kazakh: “Бамберг”
  • Kurdish: “Bamberg (navçe)”
  • Kurdish: “Bamberg”
  • Ladin: “Landkreis Bamberg”
  • Lombard: “Bamberga”
  • Macedonian: “Бамберг”
  • Malay: “Bamberg”
  • Maltese: “Distrett ta‘ Bamberg”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bamberg Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bamberg (Lönjkris)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bamberg”
  • Persian: “بامبرگ”
  • Polish: “Landkreis Bamberg”
  • Portuguese: “Bamberg”
  • Portuguese: “Bamberga”
  • Romanian: “Bamberg”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Bamberg”
  • Russian: “Бамберг”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Bamberg”
  • Slovenian: “Deželno okrožje Bamberg”
  • Slovenian: “Landkreis Bamberg”
  • Spanish: “Bamberg”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Bamberg”
  • Swedish: “Landkreis Bamberg”
  • Turkish: “Bamberg”
  • Turkish: “Landkreis Bamberg”
  • Ukrainian: “Бамберг”
  • Uzbek: “Bamberg”
  • Vietnamese: “Bamberg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bamberg”
  • Western Frisian: “Bamberg”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع بامبرگ”

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