Bamberg
town in Bavaria, Germany
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Summary
Bamberg is a college town[1]. Bamberg draws 12,005 Wikipedia views per month (college town category, ranking #8 of 14).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Climate Alliance[3], Mayors for Peace[4], Bayerischer Städtetag[5], Working Group of Bicycle-Friendly Municipalities in Bavaria[6], Organization of World Heritage Cities[7]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Upper Franconia[8]
- Country: Germany[9]
- Located in or next to body of water: Regnitz[10], Rhine-Main-Danube Canal[11]
- Head of government: Andreas Starke[12], Sebastian Martins Niedermaier[13]
- Instance of: major regional center[14], urban municipality in Germany[15], urban district of Bavaria[16], district capital[17], urban area[18]
- Shares border with: Bamberg Rural District[19]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Wunderburg (Bamberg)[20], Gartenstadt (Bamberg)[21], Gaustadt[22]
- Twinned administrative body: Esztergom[23], Bedford[24], Feldkirchen in Kärnten[25], Prague[26], Rodez[27], Villach[28], Fredonia[29], Nagaoka[30], Carlos Paz[31]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of the city of Bamberg[32]
- Postal code: 96001[33], 96052[34]
- Part of: Stimmkreis Bamberg-Stadt[35]
- Commons category: Bamberg[36]
- Licence plate code: BA[37]
- Said to be the same as: Kreisfreie Stadt Bamberg[38]
- Local dialing code: 0951[39]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Bamberg[40]
- Has part(s): Town of Bamberg[41]
- Coordinate location: 49.891666666667, 10.891666666667[42]
- Official website: https://www.stadt.bamberg.de/[43]
- IPA transcription: [ˈbambɛɐ̯k][44]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bamberg[45]
- Commons gallery: Bamberg[46]
- Population: 77,449[47], 69,100[48], 71,465[49], 71,167[50], 70,863[51], 70,063[52], 74,115[53], 75,193[54], 54,161[55], 41,823[56], 18,600[57]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Bamberg include Bambrzy[58], an ethnic group[59], in Poland[60], founded in 1719[61].
Why It Matters
Bamberg has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] Bamberg is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
Entities named for Bamberg include Bambrzy[58], an ethnic group[59], in Poland[60], founded in 1719[61].