The Marienplatz is the jewel box of the old town of Hollfeld and the starting point for a worth seeing tour through the historically valuable city center.
The Upper Town / Marienplatz bears the early medieval character of a citizen and mountain town, as well as the structure of a Spornsiedlung. The enclosing rows of houses consist of gabled and eaves-sided houses. The Marienplatz has a neat appearance due to the 1929 chestnut alley and the green areas.
For centuries the cattle and fairgrounds, which were of great economic importance for Hollfeld and its surroundings, were held here. Even today, markets are regularly held on this square.
On Marienplatz stands next to a draw well of 1936 (first mentioned in 1435 as Beyerbrunnen, see its own highlight) and a statue of Mary, which was inaugurated on the Assumption in 1964. It is the scene of a large procession of lights with several thousand faithful that takes place every year on the 15th of August. It is held in gratitude for the salvation of Hollfeld at the end of the Second World War.
Archbishop Ludwig Schick, the chief shepherd of Bamberg, does not miss the opportunity to personally attend the annual procession. Together with numerous priests, representatives from politics and economy, the city church and parish councils, an atmospheric celebration takes place with the participation of two brass bands, the tower wind and the church choir, which attracts visitors from near and far far beyond the city limits of Hollfeld. The houses on Marienplatz and Marienplatz itself, as well as the houses along the path of the lights procession, are decorated with lights atmospheric.