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Amberg-Sulzbach

Amberg-Sulzbach
Statistics
State: Bavaria
Capital: Amberg
Adm. Region: Oberpfalz
Area: 1255 km²
Inhabitants: 107,100 (1999)
pop. density: 85 inh./km²
Car identification: AS
Homepage: amberg-sulzbach.de http://www.amberg-sulzbach.de
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Map of Bavaria highlighting the district Amberg-Sulzbach

Amberg-Sulzbach is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It surrounds but does not include the city of Amberg. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Neustadt (Waldnaab), Schwandorf, Neumarkt, Nürnberger Land and Bayreuth.

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History

The history is linked with the history of the Upper Palatine and the city of Amberg.

The district was established in 1972 by merging the former district of Amberg and the district-free city of Sulzbach-Rosenberg (the latter one lost its status as a district-free city in this administrative reform).

Geography

The district is located in the geographical centre of Bavaria, 40 km east of Nuremberg. The main axis of the region is the Vils River (an affluent of the Naab ) crossing the district from north to south. West of the river the land rises to the Frankish Alb, while there are gentle hills on the eastern side in the angle between Naab and Vils. The district is mainly covered by forests, especially in its western half.

Coat of arms

Coat of arms The coat of arms displays:
  • The Palatine Lion, which was the heraldic animal of the Upper Palatine
  • The lilies, which were a symbol of the counts of Sulzbach
  • The mining tools, in order to remind of the mining history of the Upper Palatine

Towns and municipalities

Towns Municipalities
  1. Auerbach
  2. Hirschau
  3. Schnaittenbach
  4. Sulzbach-Rosenberg
  5. Vilseck
  1. Ammerthal
  2. Birgland
  3. Ebermannsdorf
  4. Edelsfeld
  5. Ensdorf
  6. Etzelwang
  7. Freihung
  8. Freudenberg
  9. Gebenbach
  10. Hahnbach
  11. Hirschbach

  1. Hohenburg
  2. Illschwang
  3. Kastl
  4. Königstein
  5. Kümmersbruck
  6. Neukirchen
  7. Poppenricht
  8. Rieden
  9. Schmidmühlen
  10. Ursensollen
  11. Weigendorf


External links

  • Official website http://www.amberg-sulzbach.de/ (German)
  • Tourist information http://www.amberg-sulzbach.de/tourismus/index.htm (German, French; English and Czech versions in process)


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