Bamberg's Carmelite monastery located on a hill near the Kaulberg chapel of the Virgin Mary. This is one of the largest and oldest monasteries of the Order. History of the church belongs to the XI century, in 1030 the Bishop of Eberhard I ordered the construction of a hospital for the poor, which would be located near the Bamberg Cathedral. Soon the order was embodied in reality, the hospital not only rebuilt, but consecrated in the name of St. Theodore.

In 1157 there have been some additions, and it was built a convent intended for the Cistercian. This was done under Bishop Eberhard II. This part of the monastery existed until 1525, because during the Peasants' War, it robbed. Completely dissolved the convent was in 1554, when it started during the Reformation in the country. By 1589 this place came representatives of the Carmelite Order, they occupied the premises of the abandoned buildings.

Its modern appearance monastery acquired in the period from 1692 by 1702, work to give the appearance of the building is occupied by a talented architect Leonhard Dientzenhofer. Despite the fact that the Carmelite monastery in Bamberg is one of the oldest in the city, its appearance over time, especially not undergone major changes.

In 1803, when Bavaria began a period of secularization, the monastery disbanded the government and its premises used for other purposes. It opened a school and a hospital, and sports centers. A century Carmelite managed to buy the structure in the property, to the present day, he belongs to this Order. In the monastery live more than twenty monks. The interior design has remained unchanged central altar of St. Joseph, who was able to return in the XX century.