1700 years of Jewish life in Germany
Bamberg looks back upon 1.000 years of a mutual Jewish-Christian history and cohabitation in town. The first Jewish settlements actually go back to the founding years of Bamberg in the year 1007 and there was a large and important Jewish community as early as 1200. That makes Bamberg one of the oldest Jewish communities in Germany.
Several exhibitions and guided tours covered the history of the Jewish citizens and Jewish life in Bamberg and in Bamberg County, especially in the anniversary year celebrating 1.700 years of Jewish history in Germany in 2021.
"kunstwerk10“ (Work of art 10)
Ten iron columns, each four metres high, encased in Cor-Ten steel, placed at various locations in Bamberg – that is the "kunstwerk10" project. With the art installations created by Bamberg artist Bernd Wagenhäuser, the "kunstwerk10" association aims to commemorate the once flourishing Jewish ...
Former synagogue Reckendorf
The former synagogue now functions as a "House of Culture". In the women's gallery, the exhibition "Culture and Cult" was set up with reference to the former Jewish community. On display are exhibits that came from the local Genizah from the attic of the synagogue. These objects, collected over ...
Levi-Strauss-Museum
The Geburtshaus Levi Strauss Museum Jeans & Kult informs you about Levi Strauss, his life, and his famous product, the Levi's Jeans. The Levi Strauss Museum Jeans & Kult is located in the small half timbered house in Buttenheim where Levi Strauss was born. Modern and interactive presentations ...
Medieval Mikvah
A medieval Jewish mikvah from the 15th century is on display on the grounds of a new city quarter encompassing remnants of the former city walls and buildings from the 13th and 15th century. You can see seven steps leading down to the ritual bath, in the ground floor of a Baroque house, that ...
Memorial for Resistance and Civil Courage
Situated centrally in town between the E.T.A.-Hoffmann Square and the Gardens of Harmony This memorial commemorates three outstanding personalities of the German resistance movement and local personalities involved in resistance to the Nazi Regime: Willy Aron, Hans Wölfel and Claus Schenk Graf ...
Museum of Franconian Switzerland
The Fränkische-Schweiz Museum (Franconian Switzerland Museum) in Tüchersfeld with its large collection of regional artefacts, is one of Franconians most notable museums The museum exhibits important finds of former times. The building has been erected in the so-called Judenhof (Jewish Court) ...
Museum of History
Right next to the famous Bamberg Cathedral ... From October 25, 2024 to April 27, 2025, on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of Emperor Henry II's death, only the exhibition “1000 Years Ago | Life at the court of Kunigunde and Henry II can be experienced. The multi-faceted special ...
Stolpersteine - Stumbling stones
An art project, that commemorates the victims of National Socialism, keeping alive the memory of all Jews, Roma and Sinti, homosexuals, dissidents, Jehova’s witnesses, and victims of Euthanasia, who were deported and exterminated during the Nazi reign The artist Gunter Demnig remembers the ...
Jewish life in the millenium city
Jewish citizens have been at home in Bamberg ever since the bishopric was founded in 1007. Around 1200 the Jewish community in Bamberg was among the most prominent in Germany. The continual ups and downs culminated in the obliteration of Jewish life during the period of national socialism. This ...