Bamberg
Town in Bavaria, Germany
Also known as Town of Bamberg
- Country
- Germany(since 1945)
1
- , Holy Roman Empire(0962–1806)
- , Kingdom of Bavaria(1806–1918)
1
- +1 more
- Germany(since 1945)
- Located in
- Upper Franconia(since 1838)
- , Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg(until 1802)
- , Electorate of Bavaria(1802–1805)
- +1 more
- Population
- 77,218(December 31, 2025)
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- , 77,150(December 31, 2024)
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Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 80,580(December 31, 2023)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +26 more
- 77,218(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 54.62 km²(December 31, 2017)
1
Sources- 1.“Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)”destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/GVAuszugQ/AuszugGV4QAktuell.htmlRetrieved 2019-03-10
- , 0.5 mi²(1808)
1
- 54.62 km²(December 31, 2017)
- Elevation
- 262 m
- Head of government
- Sebastian Niedermaier(since 2026)
- , Andreas Starke(2006–2026)
- , Herbert Lauer(1994–2006)
- Postal code
- 96001
- , 96052
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
187 statements · 25% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Short name
- Bb
1
- Bb
- Hashtag
- Bamberg
- Member of
- Climate Alliance(since 1993)
- Mayors for Peace(since 2010)
1
Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- Bayerischer Städtetag
1
Sources- 1.bay-staedtetag.de/bayerischer-staedtetag/mitglieder/alphabetische-liste/Retrieved 2019-11-17
- Working Group of Bicycle-Friendly Municipalities in Bavaria
1
- Organization of World Heritage Cities
1
Sources- 1.ovpm.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/liste-villes-en-regle-pour-page-web12-03-2024.pdfRetrieved 2023-12-31
- Part of
- Stimmkreis Bamberg-Stadt(October 14, 2018)
- IPA transcription
- [ˈbambɛɐ̯k]
- Male population
- 37,464(October 31, 2019)
- Female population
- 40,128
- Different from
- Bamberg criterion used: toponym is not unique
- Native label
- Bamberg
- Official name
- Bamberg
- Geoshape
- Data:Deutschland/Bayern/Bamberg.map
- Capital of
- Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg(1007–1802)
- Landgericht Bamberg II(1803–1862)
- Bamberg Rural District(since 1939)
On other databases
79 identifiers linking Bamberg across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID217
- Bavarikon IDODB_A00001934
- BHCL UUID3c13bdc2-49f8-481f-9310-24324d7a0572
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11960901x
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDbamberg-20
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00015997
- Comic Vine ID4020-61856
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Germany/States/Bavaria/Localities/Bamberg/
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--43318
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID9c01eb10-643c-42f0-a8b5-dddcd5c3d2a1
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Bamberg-Germany
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDbamberg
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID40228
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ7014
- Facebook location ID106069102767299
- FactGrid item IDQ10308
- Freebase ID/m/01k1v
- GADM IDDEU.2.13_1
- GeoNames ID6556725
- German district key09461
- German municipality key09461000
- German regional key094610000000
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7004325
- GND ID4004391-5
- Golden ID (archived)Bamberg-AVWP
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDbamberg-1
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0007172
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDBamberg
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDbamberg-3b1c26
- Grove Art Online IDT006037
- HASCDE.BY.BB
- Hikr waypoint ID65776
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDadm_139461
- IdRef ID02760490X
- INaturalist place ID108205
- Instagram location ID214593119
- ISNI0000000121100869
- J9U entity ID987007562073205171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID2422
- Joconde location IDT84-615
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID4004391-5
- Klexikon article IDBamberg
- Klimadashboard.de region ID0f780a93-f80a-498d-ad48-f442d0241096
- KSW place ID77344
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID6823
- Lex IDBamberg
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn80139571
- Mindat locality ID343542
- Museum-digital place ID1103
- MusicBrainz area ID84b5640d-60b3-4710-b315-c349aa754302
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/DB275E25-1A9E-427E-9BB5-9A99237F8451
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000981674
- NL CR AUT IDge134047
- Nomisma IDbamberg
- Numista ruling authority ID6254
- NUTS codeDE241
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning857841
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3873860
- Open Library subject IDplace:bamberg_(germany)
- OpenStreetMap node ID1646638496
- OpenStreetMap relation ID62525
- Pinakes city ID44
- Provenio UUIDed02c721-c5e0-4f6f-8452-a82233ab04d9
- Quora topic IDBamberg-Germany
- SBN place IDCFIL000275
- Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts place ID45
- SNARC IDQ48037
- Süddeutsche Zeitung topic IDBamberg
- SVKKL authority ID0227524-Bamberg-Nemecko
- Treccani IDbamberga
- U.S. National Archives Identifier10044884
- UN/LOCODEDEBAM
- VIAF cluster ID129007724
- Who's on First ID101748561
- World Historical Gazetteer place ID13186825
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJgMxDwW4qpyC4RVJd4KBP
- X (Twitter) usernameBamberg_de
- Yale LUX IDplace/773314fc-d1ed-417e-b528-2124fb6c6959
- Yle topic ID18-153482