Lange Straße, Bamberg

Starting from Obstmarkt Square is the Lange Straße (Long Street), one of the oldest streets in the city. Its current development dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries, but there are also earlier houses.

The street was originally named Langgas, which means "long street"in Franconian. During the time of the 3rd Reich, it was named after Adolf Hitler, after the war it received its former name,but in German. Earlier, a tram line ran along the street.

Dinah Street is just over 100 meters away, but there are many interesting buildings on it.

At number 3, we see a three-story house with a luxurious Rococo portal above the entrance arch. The portal has a through passage to the Grüner Markt square. The house was probably built in the late 15th century as a city villa (Haus zum Saal, house with a hall), in 1715 it was purchased by the cathedral's rector Karl Sigismund von Aufzess. He carried out a reconstruction in the house, as a result of which the facade received decoration and a portal in the Baroque style, the author of which is presumably Leonard Gollwitzer. Locals call the house Wallenstein-Haus, as Generalissimo Albrecht von Wallenstein stayed there from 4 to 7 October 1632. During the Thirty Years ' War, a prominent Czech-born military commander, he commanded the Catholic League troops fighting against Protestant Germany and Lutheran Sweden and Denmark. In the summer and autumn of 1632, he fought battles in Franconia against the army of the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus, as a result of which the Swedes retreated. Wallenstein later fell out of favor and was killed by officers loyal to the emperor.

The building with the number 21, the tallest and most attractive on the street, belongs to the Gebers trading house. I will tell you more about it in the next article.

At number 35, we see a three-story burgher house with a Baroque facade. It was built in 1735-37 years of the eighteenth century and probably belonged to Justus Heinrich Dinzenhofer. In the eighties of the nineteenth century, the house was rebuilt as a hotel. During one of the bombings during the Second World War, the house was significantly damaged and was restored in 1947.

At the end of the street, a large building with number 37 occupies a branch of Deutsche Bank. The house was built in 1739, and the balcony was added in 1835.

A sign above the balcony says that the house was built for himself by the court master builder of the Prince-Bishop (Fürstbischof) Johann Jakob Michael Kuchel, who died in this house in 1769.