Amberg

Amberg, a town of Bavaria, once the capital of the Upper Palatinate, 35 miles E. of Nuremberg. Chief buildings are the town-hall (1490) and the church of St Martin (1421), with a steeple 321 feet high. There is a large arsenal; and the principal products are firearms, earthenware, woollen cloths, ironmongery, and beer. Many of the inhabitants are employed as miners in the neighbouring mountains. In the neighbourhood is the Maria-Hilfsberg, a place of pilgrimage. Pop. 19,126.