Sulzbach-Rosenberg

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Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Coat of arms of Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Sulzbach-Rosenberg is located in Germany
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Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Coordinates 49°30′N 11°45′E / 49.5°N 11.75°E / 49.5; 11.75Coordinates: 49°30′N 11°45′E / 49.5°N 11.75°E / 49.5; 11.75
Administration
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Oberpfalz
District Amberg-Sulzbach
Mayor Gerd Geismann (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 53.19 km2 (20.54 sq mi)
Elevation 388-567 m
Population 19,665 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 370 /km2 (958 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate AS
Postal code 92237
Area code 09661
Website www.sulzbach-rosenberg.de
View of Sulzbach from Annaberg

Sulzbach-Rosenberg is a municipality in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated approx. 14 km northwest of Amberg, and 50 km east of Nuremberg. The town consists of two parts: Sulzbach in the west, and Rosenberg in the east. Archeological evidence tells, that Sulzbach was an important centre from the 8th century on. Sulzbach castle was founded during the early 8th century, probably by the late-Merovingian/early-Carolingian kingdom. The castle was the residence of the powerful counts of the Nordgau (9-10th cent.), the important counts of Sulzbach (ca. 1003-1188), the counts of Hirschberg (1188–1305), the counts of Wittelsbach (1305–1354, 1373–1504), emperor Karl IV. (1354–1373), the palatine-dukes of Neuburg and of the dukes of Palatinate-Sulzbach (17th-18th century).

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