Mariahilfberg (Amberg)

Mariahilfberg
	Mariahilfberg with the pilgrimage church
height	529 m above sea level NN
location	Bavaria , Germany
Coordinates	49 ° 27 '29 " N , 11 ° 52' 21" E Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '29 " N , 11 ° 52' 21" E

The Mariahilfberg in the Upper Palatinate hill country is 529 m above sea level. NN the highest point in the city of Amberg . The pilgrimage church Maria Hilf is located on the mountain at the site of the lost Amberg Castle .

Natural allocation and structure

The Mariahilfberg is located in the Upper Palatinate hill country and is listed as a separate sub-unit in the individual sheets 1: 200,000 of the manual of the natural spatial structure of Germany .

(to 07 Upper Palatinate-Upper Main Hill Country )
- (to 070 Upper Palatinate hill country )
  - (for 070.2 Hahnbacher Sattel and Hahnbacher Mulde )
    - (070.22 east flank of the Hahnbacher Mulde)
      - 070.220 Mariahilfberg
      - 070.221 Mimbacher back

Culture and sights

Regular events

Mountain Festival

Every year, during the week around the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (July 2nd), the mountain festival takes place on Mariahilfberg , with a secular part as well as the church part. The pilgrims are supplied with beer and sausages, but no music is played. The pilgrimage festival goes back to the plague epidemic of 1634.

Amberg World Theater

The musical Amberger Welttheater - The Autumn of the Winter King by Roger E. Boggasch and Johannes Reitmeier was premiered in 2009 for the 975th anniversary of the city of Amberg and is to be performed every 5 years. The next performances, u. a. with the rock band Vanden Plas will take place from May 24th to June 10th, 2019.

Individual evidence

^ Emil Meynen , Josef Schmithüsen : Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany . Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Remagen / Bad Godesberg 1953–1962 (9 deliveries in 8 books, updated map 1: 1,000,000 with main units 1960).
↑
Various authors: Geographische Landesaufnahme: The natural spatial units in single sheets 1: 200,000 . Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1952–1994. → Online maps .
- Sheet 164: Regensburg (Dietrich Jürgen Manske 1981; 64 pages)
↑ WHEN THE MOUNTAIN CALLS ... In: amberg-sulzbacher-land.de. Amberg-Sulzbach district, accessed on January 2, 2015 .
^ Splendid premiere of the "Amberger Welttheater". In: Mittelbayerische Zeitung . May 17, 2009, accessed January 4, 2019 .
↑ Amberg World Theater. In: ostbayern-tourismus.de. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .
↑ Amberger Welttheater - The autumn of the winter king. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .
^ Amberger Welttheater - home page. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .

[Meynen-1] Emil Meynen , Josef Schmithüsen : Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany . Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Remagen / Bad Godesberg 1953–1962 (9 deliveries in 8 books, updated map 1: 1,000,000 with main units 1960).

[Einzelblätter-2] Various authors: Geographische Landesaufnahme: The natural spatial units in single sheets 1: 200,000 . Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1952–1994. → Online maps .
Sheet 164: Regensburg (Dietrich Jürgen Manske 1981; 64 pages)

[3] Sheet 164: Regensburg (Dietrich Jürgen Manske 1981; 64 pages)

[3] WHEN THE MOUNTAIN CALLS ... In: amberg-sulzbacher-land.de. Amberg-Sulzbach district, accessed on January 2, 2015 .

[4] Splendid premiere of the "Amberger Welttheater". In: Mittelbayerische Zeitung . May 17, 2009, accessed January 4, 2019 .

[5] Amberg World Theater. In: ostbayern-tourismus.de. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .

[6] Amberger Welttheater - The autumn of the winter king. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .

[7] Amberger Welttheater - home page. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .