In Bamberg you can see lots of different attractions, but special attention should be churches and temples, which its magnificent appearance delight the eyes of tourists and residents. One of these places is the beautiful St. Stephen's Evangelical Church, located in the Old City.

Earlier, on the site of the temple there was a small monastery, established in the beginning of XI century. At the time, the bishop of Bamberg was Eberhard I. According to some assumptions, it was the wife of the powerful Emperor Henry II - Kunigunda - he insisted that the monastery was built. Already in 1020, Pope Benedict VIII consecrated it, but, unfortunately, the original building has not reached today.

Construction work on the construction of the modern church of St. Stephen began only in the XVII century. Due to the fact that Germany subsequently joined the Thirty Years' War, construction was delayed considerably. If you look at the temple, we can see in it a mixture of several architectural styles, among which there are the Romanesque and Baroque and Gothic. The church has got similar features due to the work of talented architects of the time, among them Antonio Petrini, and Giovanni Bonalino. Of all the parts of the temple it is considered to be the oldest tower, it was built according to some sources in the XIV century.

The secularization of the early XIX century in Bavaria is not spared and this wonderful church. In 1803 it was closed, but after 5 years re-opened its doors to the faithful, but as a Protestant temple, consecrated in the name of St. Stephen. At the beginning of the XXI century, there began the construction of a modern organ, which was completed in 2008. Thanks to this tool able to replace the dated the end of the XIX century.