Sulzbach-Rosenberg

Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Coat of arms
Sulzbach-Rosenberg Location of Sulzbach-Rosenberg within Amberg-Sulzbach district
Coordinates: 49°30′N 11°45′E / 49.500°N 11.750°E / 49.500; 11.750Coordinates: 49°30′N 11°45′E / 49.500°N 11.750°E / 49.500; 11.750
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberpfalz
District	Amberg-Sulzbach
Government
• Mayor	Michael Göth (SPD)
Area
• Total	53.19 km2 (20.54 sq mi)
Elevation	388-567 m (−1,472 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	19,500
• Density	370/km2 (950/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	92237
Dialling codes	09661
Vehicle registration	AS, BUL, ESB, NAB, SUL
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 approximately 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 (9th–10th century), the important counts of Sulzbach (c. 1003 – 1188) — one of whose daughters, Bertha of Sulzbach became the Empress of Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus — and later of 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) of the House of Wittelsbach.

Districts

Notable people

• Gertrude of Sulzbach (* around 1110 in Sulzbach; † 14. April 1146 in Hersfeld), Queen of Germany and second wife of King Konrad III., Sister of Bertha von Sulzbach
• Bertha of Sulzbach
• Charles Diebold, a German-American locksmith and founder of Diebold

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