Amberg-Sulzbach District

Amberg-Sulzbach District
Amberg-Sulzbach District
	— District —
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Oberpfalz
Capital	Amberg
	Area
• Total	1,255 km2 (485 sq mi)
	Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	105,180
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	AS
Website	amberg-sulzbach.de

Amberg-Sulzbach District 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 an der Waldnaab , Schwandorf, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Nürnberger Land and Bayreuth.

History[]

The history is linked with the history of the Upper Palatinate 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 Franconian Jura, 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[]

The coat of arms displays:

The Palatinate Lion, which was the heraldic animal of the Upper Palatinate
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 Palatinate

Towns and municipalities[]

Towns	Municipalities
Auerbach Hirschau Schnaittenbach Sulzbach-Rosenberg Vilseck	Ammerthal Birgland Ebermannsdorf Edelsfeld Ensdorf Etzelwang Freihung Freudenberg Gebenbach Hahnbach Hirschbach	Hohenburg Illschwang Kastl Königstein Kümmersbruck Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg Poppenricht Rieden Schmidmühlen Ursensollen Weigendorf

References[]

^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung. 31 December 2010. https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online?language=de&sequenz=tabelleErgebnis&selectionname=12411-009r&sachmerkmal=QUASTI&sachschluessel=SQUART04&startjahr=2010&endjahr=2010.

External links[]

Official website (German)
Tourist information (German, French; English and Czech versions in process)

Coordinates: 49°30′N 11°45′E / 49.5, 11.75

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[1] "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung. 31 December 2010. https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online?language=de&sequenz=tabelleErgebnis&selectionname=12411-009r&sachmerkmal=QUASTI&sachschluessel=SQUART04&startjahr=2010&endjahr=2010.

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