New Residence (Bamberg)

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New residence, Vierzehnheiligen pavilion
New residence on a model

The Neue Residenz is a multi-wing, listed building on Domplatz in Bamberg in Upper Franconia . From 1602 it was the residence of the Bamberg prince-bishops and replaced the old court on the other side of the square in this function. Today the sandstone complex houses the State Library and State Gallery of Bamberg. From the rose garden of the Neue Residenz you have a view of the Michaelskirche and the roofs of the town.

history

The new residence was created with its four-wing division into two construction phases. First, under Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp von Gebsattel , the rear two-wing part was built in the Renaissance style from 1602, and the front baroque part between 1697 and 1703 under Prince-Bishop Lothar Franz von Schönborn with the help of Leonhard Dientzenhofer . From 1803 it was a royal residence.

Since 1803

On June 1, 1815, the Bamberg residence was the scene of one of the last episodes of the Napoleonic era: Louis-Alexandre Berthier , a Napoleonic marshal , was killed there by falling from one of the upper windows. He chose suicide because he did not want to fall into the hands of the advancing Russian army . A memorial plaque in the middle of Residenzstrasse commemorates the event.

The residence served as exile for the abdicated Greek royal couple Otto I and Amalie from 1862 to 1867 and 1875, respectively .

The Neue Residenz was once again the scene of Bavarian history for a short time when the elected government under Prime Minister Hoffmann and the state parliament moved to Bamberg in 1919 . The first democratic Bavarian constitution was passed in the Hall of Mirrors of Harmony on Schillerplatz.

See also → Munich Soviet Republic

Todays use

State Gallery, Dept. of Old German Painting

Showrooms

Rose garden in May

There are more than 40 state rooms, such as the marble hall, the mirror room (each with stucco by Antonio Bossi ) and the imperial hall . The Kaisersaal is located on the second floor of the central wing. In 1707/1709 Melchior Steidl furnished it with ceiling and wall paintings. Motifs are medallions with Roman emperors, the ancient four world empires, a central ceiling representation of the Good Regiment , the sciences (represented by putti) and 16 larger-than-life images of the emperors . The top is designed as a trompe-l'oeil .

State Library

The Bamberg State Library is located in the east wing of the New Residence.

State Gallery

The State Gallery in the New Residence is a branch gallery of the Bavarian State Painting Collections . One of the most famous paintings in the collection is Hans Baldung Grien's painting The Deluge .

rose Garden

The rose garden between the wings of the residence is a place of relaxation for locals and guests of the city. It grants a view to the east over the urban landscape and the Jura heights.

Before the rose garden was established, there was a renaissance garden on the site in the 16th century , which was converted into a baroque garden in 1733 under Prince-Bishop Friedrich Carl von Schönborn . The planning of the garden was entrusted to the builder Balthasar Neumann . The rococo-style garden pavilion was designed by the builder Johann Jakob Michael Küchel . The sculptures from the thematic area of ​​ancient mythology (made in 1760 and 1761) come from Ferdinand Tietz .

4,500 roses bloom on the beds bordered by box hedges. A memorial for Otto I and his wife Amalie with an inscription in Greek and German is located in a blind arch in the wall.

  • Main portal

  • Secondary portal

  • Strikingly designed chimneys

  • Stairwell

  • Imperial Hall

and display information about the image
Domplatz with cathedral, old court and new residence

literature

  • Erich Bachmann, Burkhard von Roda: New Residence Bamberg. Official leader. 8th revised edition. Bavarian Administration of State Palaces, Gardens and Lakes, Munich 1995 ( Publications of the Bavarian Administration of State Palaces, Gardens and Lakes. Official guides ).
  • Johannes Erichsen, Katharina Heinemann, Katrin Janis (eds.): KaiserRäume - KaiserTäume. Research and restoration in the Bamberg Residence [book accompanying the exhibition in the Bamberg Residence July 21 - October 14, 2007]. Munich 2007.
  • Bamberg, Franconian Switzerland. Four tours in Bamberg: Treasures on the Domberg, monasteries in the mountain area, baroque triumphal architecture in the town and old town. Every keyword an art experience: Seehof Castle, Banz Monastery, Vierzehnheiligen, Kulmbach's Plassenburg, Pommersfelden Castle and Gössweinstein. Pearl of the Steigerwald: Ebrach Monastery. Special section: Bamberg painting of the late Middle Ages. HB-Verlags- und Vertriebs-Gesellschaft et al., Hamburg et al. 1996, ISBN 3-616-06561-5 ( HB art guide 61).

Web links

Commons : Neue Residenz Bamberg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bavarian administration of the state palaces, gardens and lakes
  2. ↑ New Residence (Bamberg). In: arch INFORM ; Retrieved November 30, 2009.
  3. ↑ State Gallery Bamberg in the new residence. In the Upper Franconian Culture Atlas.

Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '30 "  N , 10 ° 52' 57"  E