St. Jakob

St. Jakob's church

In the year 1070 the Abbey Church St. Jakob was founded. The Abbey Church is the oldest catholic and the only almost completely romantic church in Bamberg. A flat-roofed building with basilica pillars.

Aufseesianum

The Aufseesianum, founded 1741 from Bernhard v. Aufsess, was built from J. H. Dietzenhofer as a dormitory for the Diocese from Bamberg and Würzburg.

To date it is still used as a boarding school. In 1972 it was the shooting location for the film “the flying classroom,” based on the novel from Erich Kästner.