City and University Information

Bamberg - A thousand-year work of art

The ancient imperial and episcopal city of Bamberg is regarded as one of the most beautiful in Germany. The old city’s “thousand-year work of art” was placed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage register in 1993. The city’s mediaeval appearance owes significantly to its characteristically Gothic and baroque architecture.

Today Bamberg is a lively city with approximately 70,000 inhabitants. Thanks to the university and its growing importance as a business location, the city has taken on the role of an intellectual, cultural and economic centre. Additionally, with its inclusion in the European Nuremberg Metropolitan Region, Bamberg is part of a tight network of regional cities.

Bamberg’s residents particularly value the city’s high quality of life – and not only in summer, when droves of people flock to the local Keller (beer gardens). With its forests, rivers and crag-covered hills, the beautiful countryside around the city affords opportunities for all varieties of recreational activities.

Moreover, Bamberg has much to offer in the way of art, culture and sports. Music lovers for instance will be pleased to know that the city is home to the world famous Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Theatre fans delight in the E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Theatre’s productions. And for over 10 years the Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia (international artists’ house) has been enriching cultural life in Bamberg with fine art, literature and music. Sports fans should also be more than satisfied with what the city has to offer: the Brose Baskets, Bamberg’s professional basketball team, are the city’s pride, and in 2010 they became national league champions for the third time.