CATHEDRAL AT BAMBERG

WIENER, Jacques: Germany, 1861, Bronze, 59 mm
Obv: View of exterior    DOM ZU BAMBERG (Cathedral of Bamberg)
Rev: View of interior
On left:   GRUNDSTEIN GELEGT 1004 VON KAISER HEINRICH II. DURCH EINEN BRAND ZERSTORT 1081. (Groundstone laid 1004 by Emperor Henry II.  Destroyed by a fire 1081)
On right:   WIEDER HERGESTELLT DURCH BISCHOF OTTO DEN HEILIGEN 1110. (Restored by Bishop Otto the Saint 1110)
Signed: JACOB WIENER F. / JACOB WIENER F.
Ref: Van Hoydonck 183;  Europese Penningen # 74;  Reinecke 22; Bouhy 29; Ross M270; Weiss BW720

Bamberg is a town and archiepiscopal see of Germany, in the Land of Bavaria. The cathedral, a late Romanesque building, was founded in 1004 by the emperor Henry II. It features four imposing towers. The cathedral was later partially burned, and rebuilt in the 13th century. It contains the magnificent marble tomb of Henry II and his wife, the empress Cunigunde, the work of Riemenschneider.

This one of the very few medals that was signed Jacob Wiener rather than J. Wiener

Image of Veit Stoss Altar in Bamberg Cathedral

LINK to History of  Ecclesiastic Architecture (from World History at KMLA)

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