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Amberg Vacation Guide

Amberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Upper Palatinate, roughly halfway between Regensburg and Bayreuth.

One of the most famous and beautiful landmarks of Amberg is the ”town spectacles” - a water gate construction spanning the Vils River, which formerly served to fortify the town and to connect the new castle to the armoury (”Zeughaus”). Next to it, the town wall encircling the ancient centre with a double fortification, its towers and gates, the Gothic town hall with its renaissance wing, mighty churches and many other historical buildings are characteristic of the unique image of the town.

The most impressive buildings: the ”Alte Veste”, the new castle and the ”Zeughaus” (today, both buildings accommodate the rural district council offices), the ”Klösterl” and the ”Regierungskanzlei” (seat of the office of the government’s chancellor, where today the Regional Court is located). As the term “Regierungskanzlei” suggests, Amberg was the seat of the government of the ”Upper Palatinate” for many years. This era of the town on the Vils River, who owed its prosperity to ore-mining and the salt trade, ended in 1810.