DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
Bundesland: Freistaat Bayern	Bavaria
Regierungsbezirk: Unterfranken
Landkreis: Amorbach

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Amorbach is situated at an elevation of 165 m in the northeastern part of the Odenwald region in the district Miltenberg. The municipality has a population of about 4,000 (2018).

The town began as a Benedictine monastery (Amorbach Abbey), which bit by bit grew into a settlement until in 1253 it was raised to the status of a town. Over the years, the town changed hands several times. It was part of the Bishopric of Würzburg until 1656, when it became part of the Archbishopric of Mainz. As a result of the 1803 German Mediatisation (Reichsdeputationshauptschluss) the Archbishopric of Mainz was secularized, and Amorbach became the residence town of the short-lived Principality of Leiningen. Only in 1816 did it become part of the Kingdom of Bavaria. In 1965, Amorbach attained the status of climatic spa.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorbach, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorbach]