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History of Amorbach


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The town began as a Benedictine monastery, (Amorbach Abbey, or Kloster Amorbach), 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 W�rzburg until 1656, when it became part of the Archbishopric of Mainz. As a result of the 1803 German Mediatisation 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 definitively Bavarian. In 1965, Amorbach became an open-air resort (Luftkurort).

The following centres have been amalgamated with the town:

�    1 April 1973: Boxbrunn

�    1 January 1975: Beuchen

�    1 January 1976: Neudorf

�    1 January 1976: Reichartshausen
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