For centuries there has been urban market gardening on the fertile alluvial soil in Bamberg. Famously known as 'onion treaders', the area is renowned for its onion sets and liquorice. Many varieties of vegetables are grown today and sold daily at the market or at the farm gate. A route has been laid out through the district which takes visitors past the cottages, through the allotments and to the museum. A small house and garden have been preserved in the Market Gardeners's District to demonstrate what life and work was like for the market gardeners, without modern conveniences. Since 2013, the Bamberg Heritage Garden has been reintroducing local vegetable varieties from heirloom seeds.

Gundelsheimer Str. 51, 96052 Bamberg

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