Amberg

Amberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is placed in the Upper Palatinate, more or less halfway among Regensburg and Bayreuth. In 2013, over 41,000 people lived inside the town. The city become first stated in 1034, at that time under the call Ammenberg. It has become an crucial trading centre within the center Ages, exporting in particular iron ore and iron merchandise. In 1269, collectively with Bamberg, the town has become subordinate to the Wittelsbach dynasty that ruled Bavaria.

In 1329 the metropolis and the entire Upper Palatinate fell to a department line of the Wittelsbach family and changed into not a part of the duchy of Bavaria. Although in geographic phrases it turned into seemed as Bavarian and the vicinity become part of the Bavarian circle inside the business enterprise of the Imperial Circles. The rulers of Upper Palatinate have been open-minded towards Protestantism. In the 16th century the town turned to Lutheranism, however attempts of the ruling family to introduce the extra radical Calvinism failed due to the reluctance of its residents.