Town hall in the city of Bamberg is a very important historic building. It is located in the middle of a small island on the river Regnitz, created by artificial means. It is connected with the mainland by two bridges, which are called Lower and Upper.

The first historical mention of the town hall dates back to the end of the fourteenth century, and such an unusual choice of location of the building explains the legend. After hosted the presentation of the citizens against the power of the Bishop in Bamberg, there was a large fire, which completely destroyed the town hall. The Bishop was so angry that forbade the inhabitants to erect a new building on their land. Then the inhabitants of the city had applied its mind and decided to circumvent the ban of the authorities. For this reason, was created an artificial island on the river, where he eventually built a new town hall.

Over time the building was repeatedly subjected to changes and restructuring. For example, in the XV century it was renovated in the Gothic style, and in the XVIII century thanks to the works of Johann Jakob Kuchela she has acquired a modern look, made in the Baroque style. In the same period of time in facade of the town hall worked as a painter Johann Anwander, whose works can be seen not only on the arches of the building, but in niches, columns.

In the interior of the town hall survived the courtroom, which appeared here in the middle of the XVIII century. Now here is the biggest collection of porcelain and faience in Germany. Town hall since 1993, was inscribed on the world heritage list of UNESCO. This is a lovely and rather unusual building, designed in several styles, are open for all comers. On the territory of the town hall there is a Museum.