What is Bamberg?
{{Other uses|Bamberg (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox German location |image_photo = Bamberg, Altes Rathaus 20170128-010.jpg |image_caption = Old town hall (''{{lang|de|Altes Rathaus}}'') in Bamberg |type = Town |image_flag = Flagge Bamberg.svg |image_coa = DEU Bamberg COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|49|54|N|10|54|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |state = [[Bavaria]] |region = Upper Franconia |district = Urban districts of Germany |elevation = 262 |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09461000 |area = 54.62 |postal_code = 96047, 96049, 96050, 96051, 96052 |area_code = 0951 |licence = BA |mayor = Andreas Starke<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der Oberbürgermeister in den kreisfreien Städten], accessed 19 July 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020&ndash;26 |Bürgermeistertitel = Lord Mayor |party = SPD |website = [https://www.stadt.bamberg.de/ www.stadt.bamberg.de] {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site |child = yes |Official_name = Town of Bamberg |ID = 624 |Criteria = Cultural: ii, iv |Year = 1993 |Area = 142 ha |Buffer_zone = 444 ha }} }} '''Bamberg''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|æ|m|b|ɜːr|ɡ}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bamberg|title=Bamberg|work=[[Collins English Dictionary]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|USalso|ˈ|b|ɑː|m|b|ɛər|k}},<ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Bamberg|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Bamberg|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref> {{IPA-de|ˈbambɛʁk|lang|de-Bamberg.ogg}}; [[East Franconian]]: ''Bambärch'', archaic: ''Babenberg'') is a town in the region of [[Upper Franconia Government Region|Upper Franconia]], [[Bavaria]], and the seat of the district [[administration]] Bamberg. The town has about 70,000 [[inhabitants]]. Bamberg is an [[