Bamberg
| City and industrial port in Bavaria, Germany, on the River Regnitz, near its junction with the Main, 45 km/28 mi west of Bayreuth; population (2005 est) 70,100. The economy is based on engineering, brewing, and the production of cotton textiles, leather, carpets, and electrical goods. It has an early 13th-century Romanesque cathedral. In 1460 one of the first books in the German language was printed here. |
| Bamberg has a university and is home to an internationally known a symphony orchestra. |
| Bamberg was ruled by prince-bishops from 1007 until 1802. The fine Romanesque and Gothic cathedral (1004–1237) contains a 13th-century statue of the ‘Bamberg Rider’, and also the tombs of Henry II, and Pope Clement II. The Renaissance Old Palace and the baroque New Palace are both museums. |
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