| Kloster Banz | |
| 96231 Bad Staffelstein | |
| Phone: Fax: |
+49 (9573) 337-0 +49 (9573) 337-33 |
| Conference office (valid from Sept. 1/07): | |
| Phone: Fax: |
+49 (9573) - 222 005 +49 (9573) - 222 129 |
The conference center
| Site of the conference is the Educational Center in the historic monastery "Kloster Banz" (close to Bamberg). It is a beautiful historic location (with 900 years of history) overlooking the valley of the river Main. |  |
| Since 1978 the Hanns Seidel Foundation has owned, renovated and restored the former monastery. The monastery buildings are now used as a modern educational, conference and meeting center. 12 seminar rooms for groups of 15 to 200 participants are equipped with the latest audiovisual devices offering educational versatility and flexibility. |  |
| In the impressive Kaisersaal (Emporer’s Hall) receptions for a group of 200 participants can be held, the Fürstenzimmer (Prince’s Hall) takes fifty people, the Refektorium (Refectory) up to 60. The monastery complex has 134 rooms that provide accommodation for 196 guests. The staff consisting of 55 co-workers provide for professional service and an agreeable atmosphere during the meetings. |  |
History
| Visible even from afar the former Benedictine monastery "Kloster Banz" is located in Upper Franconia ("Oberfranken") high above the valley of the Main river. |  |
| In 1069/71 Countess Alberada von Schweinfurt and her husband, Margrave Hermann von Vohburg, donated their fortress in order to let a new monastery for the Benedictine order come into being. |  |
| Through the centuries the monastery complex witnessed times of peace and prosperity alternating with decline and destruction. After the Thirty Years' War the abbey had to be rebuilt. Construction during the 18th century was planned by famous Baroque master builders such as Leonhard and Johann Dientzenhofer, the local Staffelstein 'dynasty' consisting of the families König, Weber and Nissler - among these Johann Thomas Nissler - and last but not least the architect Johann Balthasar Neumann. The monastery church, which was consecrated in 1719, belongs to the masterpieces of Franconian Baroque design. |  |