Amberg

Also known as Amberg/Oberpfalz

Amberg () is a town in the German state of Bavaria. It is located in the Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz) administrative region, about halfway between Regensburg and Bayreuth.

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Amberg is a town located in Bavaria, a state in Germany, situated in the Upper Palatinate region about halfway between the cities of Regensburg and Bayreuth. The town's main significance lies in its geographical position within this region of southeastern Germany.

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Key facts

German place.licence: AM
German place.type: Stadt
German place.image_coa: DEU Amberg COA.svg
German place.image_flag: File:Flagge Amberg.svg
German place.image_photo: Amberg Altstadt.jpg
German place.image_caption: View from Mariahilfberg towards the Amberg Old Town, 2004
German place.state: Bayern
German place.region: Oberpfalz
German place.district: Kreisfreie Stadt
German place.elevation: 374
German place.area: 50.04
German place.postal_code: 92224
German place.area_code: 09621
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 3 61 000
German place.mayor: Michael Cerny
German place.leader_term: 2020–26
German place.Bürgermeistertitel: Oberbürgermeister
German place.party: CSU

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: district capital
Official name: Amberg
Country: Kingdom of Bavaria
Population: 42676
Area: 50.13
Elevation: 374
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Body of water: Vils
Capital of: Amberg-Sulzbach
Shares border with: Amberg-Sulzbach
Official website: amberg.de
Image: Amberg Stadtbrille.JPG
Households: 18879
Dialing code: 09621
Licence plate code: AM

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twinned administrative body: Siilinjärvi
postal code: 92224
Commons category: Amberg
topic's main category: Category:Amberg
category for people born here: Category:People born in Amberg
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Amberg
located in/on physical feature: Nuremberg Metropolitan Region
time of earliest written record: 1034-00-00
category of associated people: Category:People from Amberg
short name: Amberg/Oberpfalz
number of houses: 7659
female population: 21297
native label: Amberg
P8168: Scarmagno
different from: Amberg
P6482: Amberg
hashtag: Amberg

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Jewish history
Subdistricts
Lord mayors
Population
Sights
Twin towns – sister cities
Sport
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Amberg () is a town in the German state of Bavaria. It is located in the Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz) administrative region, about halfway between Regensburg and Bayreuth.

== History ==

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