Market gardeners, wine growers and sculptures
With its extensive, free expanses and typical market gardening houses, the market gardeners' district still shapes Bamberg's cityscape.
Centuries ago, Bamberg's market gardeners were already exporting their products – onion sets, seeds and especially liquorice - well beyond the city borders. Even to this day, they are still referred to as the "onion treaders". In the market gardeners' quarter, the typical "market gardening" houses can still be found as they were in the days when they housed numerous market gardening families.
Bamberg’s Potager Garden
This nursery for vegetables is the custodian of all the historic varieties of vegetables of the Bamberg market gardeners Potatoes, radish, savoy cabbage, onions or liquorice, all the sorts, that go back many centuries, are still cultivated here in order to keep this organic heritage for future ...
Erlöserkirche church
The Erlöserkirche – Church of the Redeemer – was built in 1934 by Professor German Bestelmeyer and was the first protestant church originally built as a protestant church in Bamberg. Erlöserkirche church is also Bamberg’s first and so far only cyclists’ church, being directly on the ...
Fire Brigade's Museum
The oldest exhibit dates from 1740, a fire hose originally located at the New Residence. In the event of fire, it had to be filled with buckets of water and operated by four strong men. The most eye-catching part of the collection are the four bright-red fire engines which are equipped with ...
Herbal nursery Mussärol
The nursery Mussärol, specialising on herbs and spices, lies in the middle of Bamberg’s historical gardener’s district. Enjoy a guided walk through the nursery and see, smell, and feel more than 150 herbs. The idyllic garden grounds and the nursery are an oasis of peace within the hustle ...
St. Gangolf's Church
St. Gangolf's church boasts the oldest foundations in Bamberg and comprises several styles. The parish church, a former convent of canons, was built in the 12th century under bishop Otto the Holy in a romanesque style and converted into a gothic style around 1400. It later received baroque ...
St. Otto
Catholic Parish Church of the market gardeners‘ district When the church of St. Gangolf couldn’t take all the parish members of the market gardeners’ district anymore, the parish decided to build a new church further to the north. Construction works of St. Otto began in 1912, following ...
Statue of Saint Sebastian
The group of figures depicting the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian was donated by Martin Mutschele in 1780 and was dedicated as a thank-offering for the safe return of Mutschele’s brother, the court sculptor Bonaventura Joseph Mutschele, who had been to Moscow during the plague of 1771.
The Leaning Observation Tower of Bamberg
The leaning tower offers an unusual panoramic view of Bamberg’s market gardeners’ district Located in the meadows of Böhmerwiese nursery in Heiliggrabstraße this tower was erected when Bamberg hosted the Bavarian Horticultural Show in 2012 and now belongs to the UNESCO model project ...
The Market Gardeners' and Wine-Growers' Museum
The working life of the market gardeners and wine-growers is revealed at the Market Gardeners' and Wine-Growers Museum. Set in a typical 19th century market gardeners' house, the museum comprises the furnished rooms of the market gardeners, and the flags and staffs of the market gardeners' and ...
Theatre in the Market Gardeners‘ District
The TiG - Theatre in the Market Gardeners‘ District - stages contemporary plays, controversial stories and experimental theatre for adults and children, but also classic drama and popular theatre It moves from venue to venue, adapting its plays to the circumstances given by the respective ...
Walk through Bamberg´s Gardeners Town
Length 5.2 km
Centuries ago, Bamberg gardeners were already exporting their products - onions, seeds, but especially liquorice - far beyond the city's borders. It is not for nothing that the affectionate nickname "Zwiebeltreter" is still used today for people from Bamberg. With its wide, open spaces, the ...
Ende April bis Oktober, immer freitags
Themenführung "Erlebnis Gärtnerstadt"
Bei dieser Stadtführung gewinnen Sie Einblick in ein Stück weniger bekanntes Bamberg und lernen Gepräge, Tradition und Brauchtum der Gärtnerstadt kennen. Leistungen: • Führung durch die Gärtnerstadt • Besuch der Biogärtnerei Niedermaier • Besuch des Gärtner- und Häckermuseums ...