Abstract

The seat of a powerful Franconian prince-bishop and the burial place of sainted Emperor Henry II, Bamberg was a perfect example of the ecclesiastical towns known as “German Romes.” At the center of this vista is the Bamberg cathedral with its four spires.

View of Bamberg (1493)

Michael Wohlgemut

Source

Source: Bamberg. Woodcut, colorized. Liber chronicarum, Nuremberg 1493.
bpk-Bildagentur, image number 00010324. For rights inquiries, please contact Art Resource at requests@artres.com (North America) or bpk-Bildagentur at kontakt@bpk-bildagentur.de (for all other countries).

bpk / Dietmar Katz

Recommended Citation

View of Bamberg (1493), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/from-the-reformations-to-the-thirty-years-war-1500-1648/ghdi:image-3278> [March 28, 2025].

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