Amberg
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Oberpfalz |
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| • Lord mayor Page Template:Nobold/styles.css has no content.(2020–26) | Michael Cerny[1] (CSU) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 92224 |
| Dialling codes | 09621 |
| Vehicle registration | AM |
| Website | amberg |
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Amberg (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Upper Palatinate about halfway between Regensburg and Bayreuth.
History
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The town was first mentioned in 1034 with the name Ammenberg. It became an important trading centre in the Middle Ages, exporting mainly iron ore and iron products. In 1269, together with Bamberg, the town became subordinate to the Wittelsbach dynasty which ruled Bavaria.
In 1329, the town and the entire region fell to the Palatinate branch of the Wittelsbach family. The region adopted the name Upper Palatinate. It was no longer part of the duchy of Bavaria politically, though in geographic terms it was regarded as Bavarian and the region was part of the Bavarian circle in the organization of the Imperial Circles. In the 16th century, the rulers of Upper Palatinate turned to Protestantism. The town turned to Lutheranism. Later attempts of the ruling family to introduce the more radical Calvinism failed due to the reluctance of its citizens. In 1628, Amberg and the Upper Palatinate became part of the electorate of Bavaria. The inhabitants were given the choice to return to Catholicism or emigrate. Many families left the town and moved to the Free Imperial Cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg.
On 24 August 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars, a major battle, the Battle of Amberg was fought in the city and its environs at which 35,000 French, under the command of Jean Baptiste Jourdan fought with 40,000 Austrians under the command of Archduke Charles; the French suffered significantly more losses in the Austrian victory. Amberg was the regional capital of Upper Palatinate until 1810 when power was transferred to the larger city of Regensburg.
After World War II, when Bavaria fell into the American Sector, Amberg was home to Pond Barracks, a United States Army post. I. F. Stone writes about it in his book Underground to Palestine (pp. 31ff). The post was closed in 1992 and the facility turned over to the local community for housing, most of it for social housing.
In late 2018, the town was the site of the Amberg attacks[3] resulting in Rainer Wendt asking the federal government to take a stand on the case. The city was reported to be "in a state of emergency."[4] Joachim Herrmann, the Bavarian minister of the Interior, visited Amberg for consultations.[5] Horst Seehofer, the federal minister of the Interior, said "the violent attacks (were) worrisome."[6]
Jewish history
Jews had settled in Amberg before 1294, when the first documentation can be found. Shortly after, in 1298, thirteen of the town Jews died during the Rindfleisch massacres.[7] Nevertheless, in 1347 six families received permission to settle in Amberg and twenty years after, in 1367, a Yeshivah was opened in it, although the Jewish community was expelled from Amberg in 1403.[7] Upon the expulsion, the synagogue was annexed to the nearby church.[8] Twelve Jews remained in town in 1942. The few survivors returned to the town after 1945, and a displaced persons camp named Amberg[9]-near the town-housed mostly Jewish refugees and survivors.[10][11] As a result of immigration from the former USSR to Germany, the Jewish population grew to about 275 in 2003.[7] There is a synagogue in town.[12]
Subdistricts
Amberg has 25 sub-districts, which include its surrounding villages:
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- Amberg
- Atzlricht
- Bergsteig
- Bernricht
- Eglsee
- Fiederhof
- Fuchsstein
- Gailoh
- Gewerbegebiet-Gailoh
- Gewerbegebiet-West
- Gärbershof
- Karmensölden
- Kemnathermühl
- Kleinraigering
- Krumbach
- Lengenloh
- Luitpoldhöhe
- Neubernricht
- Neumühle
- Neuricht
- Oberammersricht
- Raigering
- Schäflohe
- Schweighof
- Speckmannshof
- Unterammersricht
Lord mayors
- 1866–1892: Vincent König
- 1892–1907: Josef Heldmann
- 1907–1913: Georg Schön
- 1913–1933: Eduard Klug, BVP
- 1933: Otto Saugel (temporary)
- 1933–1945: Josef Filbig, NSDAP
- 1945–1946: Christian Endemann, SPD
- 1946: Eduard Klug
- 1946: Christian Endemann, SPD
- 1946–1952: Michael Lotter, CSU
- 1952–1958: Josef Filbig, Deutsche Gemeinschaft (Deutschland)
- 1958–1970: Wolf Steininger, CSU
- 1970–1990: Franz Prechtl, CSU
- 1990–2014: Wolfgang Dandorfer, CSU
- since 2014: Michael Cerny, CSU
Population
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Sights
A defining feature of the town is the Stadtbrille (literally: town spectacles)–a bridge, originally a part of the town fortifications, whose arches reflected on the river waters resemble a pair of spectacles.
Other tourist attractions in Amberg:
- Market Square, which contains the Gothic town hall (built in 1358) and the late-Gothic parish church of St. Martin
- The New Palace, the former residence of the counts of the Rhenish Palatinate, built at the beginning of the 15th century and renovated in 1603[citation needed]
- A well-preserved section of the medieval walls and gates
- The baroque Franciscan monastery on the Hill of Our Lady Help of Christians (Germ. Mariahilfberg) above the town; the hill was given its name during the bubonic plague in the Thirty Years' War in 1633/4 when the locals beseeched the Virgin Mary to rid them of the plague[citation needed]
- The 'Little Wedding House' (local German dialect Eh’häusl), claimed by town authorities to be the world's smallest hotel; built in 1728, the 2 metre wide hotel was 'sold' to young couples for one night to circumvent laws prohibiting marriages between poor people[14]
- The town museum (Stadtmuseum Amberg) has exhibits on life and industry in Amberg, the history of clothing and works of Michael Mathias Prechtl and houses travelling exhibitions.[15][16][17]
- Air Museum (Luftmuseum), opened in 2006[18][19]
Twin towns – sister cities
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- Template:Flagicon Bad Bergzabern, Germany
- Template:Flagicon Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Poland
- Template:Flagicon Desenzano del Garda, Italy
- Template:Flagicon Périgueux, France
- Template:Flagicon Trikala, Greece
- Template:Flagicon Ústí nad Orlicí, Czech Republic
- Template:Flagicon Kranj, Slovenia
Notable people
- Karl Addicks (born 1950), politician (FDP), Member of Bundestag 2004–2009
- Hans Aumeier (1906–1948), Nazi SS officer in a leading position in several concentration camps executed for war crimes
- Hans Baumann (1914–1988), elementary school teacher, poet, song composer, Children's Book Author, Nazi official
- Alexander Bugera (born 1978), football player
- Sara Däbritz (born 1995), German football player (Real Madrid, Germany national team)
- Daniel Ernemann (born 1976), football player
- Heiner Fleischmann (1914–1963), motorcycle racer (mainly on NSU)
- Fritz Hilpert (born 1956), musician (Kraftwerk)
- Michael Huber (1841–1911), priest
- Theodor Kaes (1852–1913), German neurologist, was a native of Amberg
- Barbara Meier (born 1986), German fashion model
- Franz Stigler (1915–2008), German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace, 45 aerial victories, member of Jagdgeschwader 27, and Jagdverband 44. Known best for Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident.
- Kathrine Switzer (born 1947), first woman to run the Boston Marathon, was born to American parents in Amberg
Sport
- FC Amberg, football team
References
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- ^ Liste der Oberbürgermeister in den kreisfreien Städten, accessed 19 July 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke in Bayern, Einwohnerzahlen am 31. Dezember 2024; Basis Zensus 2022" [Municipalities, counties, and administrative districts in Bavaria; Based on the 2022 Census] (CSV) (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."German interior minister renews call for stricter deportation laws in wake of Amberg attacks". Deutsche Welle. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
"The federal government must take a stand on this case," Wendt told Bild.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Elisa Britzelmeier; Oliver Das Gupta; Camilla Kohrs; Johann Osel (3 January 2019). "Wer nach den Angriffen in Amberg nach der Deutungshoheit greift". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in Deutsch). Retrieved 3 January 2019.
Like Cerny, his city is in a state of emergency.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.KARIN TRUSCHEIT (3 January 2019). ": A night of violence and its consequences". Frankfurter Allgemeine (in Deutsch). Retrieved 3 January 2019.
Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) arrived in the evening for a briefing
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Polizei prüft Berichte über rechte Bürgerwehr in Amberg". Die Welt (in Deutsch). 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
Die gewalttätigen Übergriffe seien besorgniserregend, so Seehofer
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Amberg". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AMBERG - JewishEncyclopedia.com". jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RG-02.03.12, Sylvia Lowe, the form for identity card to the former Jewish inmates of Nazi concentration camps.pdf - Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust". lamoth.info.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jewish men gather in a communal sukka in the Amberg displaced person's camp. - Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". collections.ushmm.org.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database -- Records of the Displaced persons camps and centers in Germany, 1945-52. Entries include lists of Holocaust survivors for Amberg, Berchtesgaden,". www.ushmm.org. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Synagogues in Amberg - Shuls in Amberg - Jewish Temples in Amberg". www.mavensearch.com.
- ^ Quelle: Statistisches Jahrbuch der Stadt Amberg Script error: No such module "webarchive". (PDF; 1,9 MB), 13. Ausgabe, 2010/2011, S. 28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Eh'häusl" (in Deutsch). Official Amberg website. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Stadtmuseum Amberg" (in Deutsch). Stadtmuseum Amberg.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Neuer Museumsführer". Mittelbayerische Zeitung (in Deutsch). 14 April 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Amberger Stadtmuseum zeigt die älteste Apotheke Bayerns". Mittelbayerische Zeitung (in Deutsch). 11 September 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Aktuell". Luftmuseum Amberg. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Amberger Luftmuseum wieder geöffnet" (in Deutsch). Radio Ramasuri. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Partnerstädte". amberg.de (in Deutsch). Amberg. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Partnerstädte". amberg.de (in Deutsch). Amberg. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
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