Bamberg
a Bavarian city in Upper Franconia, beautifully situated on the banks of the Regnitz, 3 miles above its confluence with the Main, and 33 miles N. rail. Set in the midst of vineyards, orchards , and hop-gardens, and founded about 769, from 1007 to 1802 it was the seat of independent prince-bishops.
The most noteworthy of its 14 churches is the cat nificent edifice in the Romanesque style, cathedral, a magfounded by the Emperor Henry II. in 1004, and containing the tomb of his Em- St. Michael's Benedictine Abbey (1009 ) was in 1803 converted into an almshouse . The ruins of the castle of Altenburg, originally the seat of the Counts of Babenberg, are near the town. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in the manufacture of beer, cotton, cloth, gloves, tobacco, musical instruments, etc. instruments, etc. A large export trade in liquorice and garden seeds is carried on. , one of the earliest printers, was practicing his art at Bamberg in 1461. Pop. about 50,000.