Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi) in Bamberg and Catholic mass at the Cathedral
Fronleichnam is the German name for the feast of Corpus Christi. In mid June of 2006 I was able to see the Fronleichnam procession in Bamberg Germany. Here are some of the pictures from procession. There were many idols and displays carried through the streets of the Altstadt toward the Kaiserdom.
 Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi) in Bamberg Germany |
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 The procession made it's way through the Rathaus, people lined both sides of the route from beginning to end. There were loud speakers playing hymns in Latin during the event |
 At the head of the procession is the Cathedral congregation, each separate group has a standard like the green rectangular sign, it says Dompfarrei (Cathedral Parish) |
 These two kids still had German flags on their cheeks, face paint from the World Cup match the night before - Germany beat Poland 1-0 |
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 Going up the hill to the Dom |
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 Some of these things were huge, this one was carried by 16 guys |
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 Catholic fraternities, the University has a large theology department - the offices of which are part of St. Martin's Parish |
 The best picture I could get of the Bishop, he was under an awning and had the cross relic against his forehead the whole time. Before the mass, another priest opened the center part of the relic, took something out and held it up then everyone clapped and he placed whatever it was back in the center glass compartment, no one ever said what it was exactly |
 Nuns, at the end of the procession. All of the spectators made their way to the Domplatz as the procession ended. Most people didn't wait for the nuns to go by but just cut in front of them instead |
 Der Dom |
 Domplatz full of folks waiting for the Mass to start |
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 Mass, the culmination of which was the Bishop putting his pope-style mitre hat on |
 One of the idols up close. All of these were parked off to the side of the Domplatz while the Mass was going on |
