title: Amberg
text: Amberg () is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is in the Oberpfalz ("Upper Palatinate"), roughly half way between Regensburg and Bayreuth. Population: 44,200 (2001).
  
  Amberg became a center for the mining of iron ore in 1270. In the 1800s a blast furnace was built in the town.
  
  Twin towns 
  Amberg is twinned with these towns:
   , Bad Bergzabern, Rhineland-Palatinate
   , Bystrzyca Klodzka (Habelschwerdt),
   , Desenzano
   , Périgueux
    Trikala
   , Ústí nad Orlicí (Wildenschwert)
  
  References
  
  Other websites 
  
   Amberg official city website