25 Guided tours through the world heritage
As part of its 25. On the occasion of the world heritage jubilee and the nationwide unesco world heritage day, bamberg celebrates a world heritage weekend on saturday and sunday. During saturday, 2. June, a world heritage festival will take place on the maxplatz, on sunday, 3. June, participate in 25 thematic tours and a subsequent bamberger evening. Also included is an english-language tour of the city. Unesco world heritage day should be an occasion to rediscover the old town of bamberg. In order to make this possible also for non-german speaking world heritage fans, the center world heritage bamberg and the museum pedagogical association AGIL have conceived, in addition to 24 other thematic tours, the english-language city tour in cooperation with the migrant and integration advisory board of the city of bamberg.
The program begins on 3. June at 4 p.M. Depending on the tour at 25 different locations:
1. Bamberg health history; meeting point: bruckenapotheke, heinrichsdamm 6
2. Bamberg's bakery trade; meeting point: zinkenworth 10
3. The bamberger baker's craft; meeting point: zinkenworth 10
4. The michaelsberg; meeting point: inner courtyard monastery st. Michael, main portal, michelsberg 10
5. Bamberg's representative squares; meeting point: schonleinsplatz 1
6. Hopfen und malz; meeting point: mittlerer kaulberg, laurenziplatz
7. Bamberg trade history; meeting point: gartner- und hackermuseum, mittelstrabe 34
8. Historic inns; meeting point: deutsches haus/city library, obere konigstrabe 4
9. Bamberg beer cellar culture;
meeting point: brewery heller, oberer stephansberg 27
10. Urban transport routes;
meeting place: schranne 4
11. Bamberg, city of stones;
meeting point: st. Elisabeth, upper sandstrabe 29
12. Bamberg and the tooth of time; meeting point: furstenportal am bamberger dom, domplatz 2
13. On the way in the world heritage (bus tour); meeting point: cafe rondo/promenadenstrabe
14. Water as a source of life (bus tour); meeting point: bruckenstrabe, bus platform L/M
15. Historical inscriptions; meeting place: pfahlplatzchen
16. Bamberg, city of books; meeting point: neue residenz, domplatz 8
17. Art in public space;
meeting point: villa concordia, concordiastrabe 28
18. Saint kunigunde, founder of st. Stephan; meeting point: st. Stephan, stephansplatz 5
19. The domberg and its museums; meeting point: alte hofhaltung, domplatz 7
20. E.T.A. Hoffmann's work in bamberg; meeting point: E.T.A. Hoffmann house, schillerplatz 26
21. Bamberg cathedral; meeting point: marienpforte of bamberg cathedral, domplatz 2
22. Good examples of monument protection; meeting point: schillerplatz 9
23. Knowledge is power; meeting point: st. Martin, jesuitenstrabe 1
24. Jewish life in bamberg; meeting point: willy-lessing-strabe 7a
25. Bamberg, our world heritage (in english); meeting point: geyersworth castle, geyersworthstrabe 1
after the tours the groups will be welcomed with a subholz-aperitif in the brick building. After the burial by the city leaders and the center world heritage bamberg, there will be a delicious french buffet, drinks and a concert by the group "boxgalopp". Heiner gremer will moderate the evening.
Tickets at the price of 25 euro per person (incl. Guided tour, buffet, drinks and music) are available at the bvd-ticketservice. Due to the character limitation, the meeting points for the rides are not always clearly recognizable on the tickets!
