Old Town Hall and Around

The Kapuzinerstrasse led us to the embankment Am Kranen, which literally means "under the cranes". For a long time, merchant ships were unloaded here, first manually, and then mechanical cranes appeared on the pier, which can still be seen here today. There is also a former slaughterhouse building, which now houses the Bamberg University Library.

The cargo port has long been moved from the city center to an industrial zone, and now recreational motor ships are moored here. Buying a ticket for 13 euros, you will take an exciting 80-minute boat trip to the confluence of Regnitz and Main, see the river port and admire the Bishop's hill and the ancient buildings facing directly to the water. For this reason, Bamberg is sometimes called the "German Venice".

The marina overlooks the most famous part of the city, the old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus), probably the only one in the world built on an island in the middle of the river.

I already got acquainted with this building in detail last year, which you can read about in the article History and architecture of the Old Town Hall.

Now I once again admired the wonderful frescoes that adorn the walls of the Old Town Hall .

The Town Hall Island is connected to the shore by two bridges: the Upper One (Obere Brücke) and the Lower One (Untere Brücke).

In the middle part of the Untere Brücke, in front of the northern facade of the town hall, there is a statue of Saint Cunegonde, the patroness of the city. You can read the legend about it in the next article.