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Bamberg

Bamberg is in . The town has slightly over 70,000 residents. For its historical architecture and preserved heritage, the whole town of Bamberg is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
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  • Type: Town with 72,800 residents
  • Description: town in Bavaria, Germany
  • Also known as: “Town of Bamberg”
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Photo: Ermell, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bamberg State Library and Bamberg Cathedral.

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 New Residence, the former prince-bishop's new palace. The Free State of Bavaria is responsible for the library.

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

Town hall
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hallstadt and Stegaurach.

Town
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is a town in the district of on the left bank of the Main, 4 km north of Bamberg, Germany. is situated 4 km north of Bamberg.

Village
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is a municipality and a village in the district of and the seat of the administrative community of . is situated 4½ km southwest of Bamberg.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of lying at the forks of the rivers and some 5 km west of Bamberg. The community's name derives from Bischofsberg. is situated 4½ km northwest of Bamberg.

Bamberg

Latitude
49.8916° or 49° 53′ 30″ north
Longitude
10.8868° or 10° 53′ 13″ east
Population
72,800
Elevation
243 metres (797 feet)
IATA airport code
ZCD
United Nations Location Code
DE BAM
Open location code
8FXGVVRP+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1646638496
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2952984
Wiki­data ID
Q3936
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Bamberg” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bamberg”
  • Arabic: “بامبرغ”
  • Aragonese: “Bamberg”
  • Armenian: “Բամբերգ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bamberq”
  • Balinese: “Bamberg”
  • Bashkir: “Бамберг”
  • Basque: “Bamberg”
  • Bavarian: “Bambeag”
  • Bavarian: “Bamberg”
  • Belarusian: “Бамберг”
  • Belarusian: “Бамбэрг”
  • Breton: “Bamberg”
  • Bulgarian: “Бамберг”
  • Catalan: “Bamberg”
  • Cebuano: “Bamberg”
  • Chinese: “巴姆貝格”
  • Chinese: “巴姆贝格”
  • Chinese: “班堡”
  • Chinese: “班貝格”
  • Chinese: “班贝格”
  • Chuvash: “Бамберг”
  • Croatian: “Bamberg”
  • Czech: “Bamberk”
  • Danish: “Bamberg”
  • Dutch: “Bamberg (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Bamberg”
  • Esperanto: “Bamberg”
  • Estonian: “Bamberg”
  • Finnish: “Bamberg”
  • French: “Bamberg”
  • Galician: “Bamberg”
  • Georgian: “ბამბერგი”
  • German: “Babenberg”
  • German: “Bambärch”
  • German: “Bamberg”
  • Greek: “Μπάμπεργκ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Bamberg”
  • Hausa: “Bamberg”
  • Hebrew: “במברג”
  • Hindi: “बैम्बर्ग”
  • Hungarian: “Bamberg”
  • Icelandic: “Bamberg”
  • Indonesian: “Bamberg”
  • Interlingue: “Bamberg”
  • Irish: “Bamberg”
  • Italian: “Bamberg”
  • Italian: “Bamberga”
  • Japanese: “バンベルク”
  • Kazakh: “Бамберг”
  • Kirghiz: “Бамберг”
  • Korean: “밤베르크”
  • Kurdish: “Bamberg”
  • Ladin: “Bamberg”
  • Latin: “Bamberga”
  • Latvian: “Bamberga”
  • Lithuanian: “Bambergas”
  • Lombard: “Bamberg”
  • Low German: “Bambarg”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bamberg”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Bamberg”
  • Macedonian: “Бамберг”
  • Malagasy: “Bamberg”
  • Malay: “Bamberg”
  • Malayalam: “ബാംബെർഗ്”
  • Maltese: “Bamberg”
  • Moksha: “Бамбэрг”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bamberg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bamberg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bamberg”
  • Norwegian: “Bamberg”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bamberg”
  • Ossetian: “Бамберг”
  • Persian: “بامبرگ”
  • Piemontese: “Bamberg”
  • Polish: “Bamberg”
  • Portuguese: “Bamberg”
  • Portuguese: “Bamberga”
  • Romanian: “Bamberg”
  • Russian: “Бамберг”
  • Scots: “Bamberg”
  • Serbian: “Бамберг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bamberg”
  • Silesian: “Bamberg”
  • Slovak: “Bamberg”
  • Slovenian: “Bamberg”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بامبرق”
  • Spanish: “Bamberg”
  • Swedish: “Bamberg”
  • Tagalog: “Bamberg”
  • Tatar: “Бамберг”
  • Thai: “บัมแบร์ก”
  • Thai: “บัมแบร์ค”
  • Tumbuka: “Bamberg”
  • Turkish: “Babenberg”
  • Turkish: “Bambärch”
  • Turkish: “Bamberg”
  • Ukrainian: “Бамберг”
  • Ukrainian: “Бамберґ”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Babin”
  • Urdu: “بامبرگ”
  • Uzbek: “Bamberg”
  • Venetian: “Bamberg”
  • Vietnamese: “Bamberg”
  • Volapük: “Bamberg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bamberg”
  • Welsh: “Bamberg”
  • Western Frisian: “Bamberg”
  • Wu Chinese: “班贝格”
  • Yue Chinese: “班堡”
  • Zeeuws: “Bamberg”
  • “Bamberg”
  • “Bamberga”

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