» World Heritage and Beer City
About 1000 years, the Upper Franconian town under his belt and is due to his "hunchback" city image (Bamberg, like Rome, was built on seven hills), also called the Frankish Rome. The 1993 UNESCO recognized the artful historic town of Bamberg, by providing them declared a World Heritage Site. Despite its only 70,000 inhabitants, the town in northern Bavaria known as a city of emperors and bishops, as well as university and not least as a beer town! The culinary specialty here is to be found in liquid form: at least 10 private breweries are solely based in Bamberg, a lot more can be found in the surrounding area (!). Picturesque sights combine with a young, dynamic population and a healthy dose of cultural and sporting activities to create a harmonious and diverse city. Bamberg is also important business location and very popular as a venue, as evidenced by the approximately 1,000 rooms in all price ranges, in which numerous participants and tourists can find accommodation.
» The University
Founded in 1647, later reversed, then expanded again in 1972 and finally back - the Otto-Friedrich University has almost as long a history behind it as the city of Bamberg itself, despite several changes, the tradition is passed as a university town therefore never lost; simultaneously Traditional meets on advanced study areas.
Good 9000 students are enrolled at the university and spread across the main areas of humanities and social sciences, and social sciences and economics. Is still relatively young, the Faculty of Economics and Applied computer science and computer science, the integrative connects to the "old" areas.
The Department of Social Work (FH-degree program) is the medium shifted to another university; since the winter semester 05/06 no more freshmen are included.
» Attractions
Bamberg is teeming with sights - but some highlights you should not miss:
- Meanwhile, in the Baroque style towers of Bamberg's landmark, the 15th Century town hall, in the middle of the current flowing through Bamberg Regnitz. It represents the boundary between the former government and civil Mountain Episcopal city
- Little Venice is called the former fishing village with houses from the 19th Century now adorn the east bank of the River Regnitz and summer are a great venue for folk festival
- The most impressive of all the churches, the Dom St. Peter and St. George's, with its four towers, the dominant building in the old town. The foundation stone was laid by the Emperor Henry II goes back to the year 1004
- In the beer brewery visit a city should not be missed - after visiting the Franconian Brewery Museum refreshes you best in house beer garden.
- If you like modern art, was to go to the sculpture, which was created in 2001 with the purchase of modern sculptures
» Student Life
As for the student accommodation is the city well equipped: the largest of the Bamberg dormitories alone has 566 single and double apartments, which you get from just € 135 per month gets. Besides this, about 10 other rooms or apartments to condominiums usually below 200 € for students.
Unusual scene shops or cozy cafes - in Bamberg "the most beautiful shopping street" you will find a varied selection of shops, and also generously over the rest of the city distributes everything from antique shops and second-hand shops and souvenir shops on major shopping centers.
Who wants to go out at night in Bamberg, is spoiled for choice. The non-ending ending pubs list consists of traditional wine bars and pubs (eg Holzklause, wine bar Zeis, solid fuel stove) and modern or sometimes oblique bars and cafes (M-Lounge, fishing, caipirinha basement Later can even danced in the auditorium -. The typical student disco.
» Typical Bamberg
Perhaps we should say THAT Bamberg is rather typical here - and for a German city, as one might imagine them as a stranger. The well-preserved old town - just a world heritage site - a generally idyllic cityscape and the enormous beer presence could almost make you forget that you now located in a modern city at the same time, which is also interested in modern art and advanced research.
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