The Jakob church in Bamberg is the still received church Bambergs oldest in the core.

Architecture

The Jakob church originates from the high Middle Ages, is only little younger than the Bamberger cathedral and gives today an impression, how the cathedral can have looked original inside. It is a flat covered, cross-shaped which has the transverse ship in the west after the model of the cathedral.

History

The Jakob church was begun in the year 1073 under bishop Hermann and completed 1109 by bishop Otto. By the two choirs the western became in 15. Century gothical renewed, the eastern Apsis however 1771 under bishop Seinsheim by a baroque front masks. One at the same time inserted the southern half finished tower and the northern with a bulb helmet. A coat of arms from that 13. Century is the oldest example coat of arms sign led from the Bamberger "„city knights of the ".

The crypt under the west choir was filled up with the first restoration in the year 1706. The crypt of the east choir disappeared with the second restoration in the year 1771. From that time originates the over the Vierung, which represents scenes from the life of the holy Jakobus.

Situation

The Jakob church is appropriate only few meters above the cathedral mountain on the Jakob mountain, for one of the seven hills Bambergs.

Quotation

In their Bamberg travel guide from the year 1912 cutters and Ament write over the Bamberger Jakob mountain and its environment:

"„By the stork lane we move the Jakob mountain too, the area of the former immunity pc. Jakob "„take up here the Roman of the pc. Jakob church, formerly church of the Kollegiatherren, now property of the "“Maria niches our full attention. The small acacia avenue before the church, in the vernacular Frenchman avenue mentioned, was planted by a prisoner of war French NCO 1871 on behalf the Franziskanerklosters. This faces the church. Southward the Jakob mountain drops very steeply to the Sutte, a deeply encompassed road, which had standing water 1840 ago steadily. "“

To architecture they express themselves as follows:

"„In the exterior as Roman building except the round elbow windows only two small Apsiden at the east wall of the transverse ship with very simple Bogenfriesen characterize the church; on the inside however one may the sight of a purely Roman Basilika, its fine spatial relations and its light beauty enjoy. Eight column arcades carry the long ship; the Basen the sandstone of gehauenen column shanks to a large extent red from a piece is steep and without hitting a corner sheet, which of a zweigliedrigen plate covers. "“

Quoted from Peter Schneider, Wilhelm Ament: Bamberg. Speyer, 1912

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