Location: Amberg, Germany
Amberg is a 1000 year old medieval walled city in beautiful Southern Germany (Bavaria) pop. 50,000. Located at the heart of Central Europe, this small city offers scenic walking and biking trails, excellent dining and entertainment, abundant recreation and numerous opportunities to make new friends among German and English speaking students and nearby American churches.
Amberg, with its excellent train and bus connections, makes key reformation, culture and historical sites easily accessible. Prague (Hus), Wittenberg (Luther), Leipzig (JS Bach), Mainz (Gutenberg), Rothenburg, Munich, Augsburg, Strasbourg (Calvin), and Zurich (Zwingli) along with castles, cathedrals, museums, concerts, and exhibitions are within a days drive or train ride. Regensburg and Nurnberg, large cities near Amberg are on 60’ away.
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Historically known as a ‘schools and garrison town,’ Amberg is highly supportive of education, drawing students from around the region to its many Hochschulen (boarding schools) for grades 9-13 and college. Amberg and the state of Bavaria are staunchly pro-American. Also situated near Amberg are three large American military bases, facilitating strong German-American relationships while adding considerable revenue to the local economy. AmbEx students will be warmly welcomed by the citizens of Amberg, the U.S. military community and local German and American evangelical churches. Due to the large and growing population of Americans in this area, several like-minded English and German speaking churches are close by. Their pastors, missionaries and congregations are very supportive of having an AmbEx extension campus and resource center in their backyard.
Classroom
The Free Christian Church (German/Russian) of Amberg provides classroom and administrative space to AmbEx. The classroom is seminar style with tables and chairs and equipped with a data projector, white boards, and visual aids. Other facilities include a business office, additional classrooms, bathrooms, shower, laundry, kitchen and a large, fully furnished dorm room. The facility includes wireless internet and copier services.
Living
The private apartments include furnished bedrooms, full bathroom(s), and kitchen/dining/family rooms. The dormitory includes a large bedroom with bunk beds and closets. The facilities also include bathrooms, shower(s), laundry, and kitchen areas. Students at either location will be within walking distance of shopping, dining, libraries, gym, parks, indoor swimming, churches and much more. Public transportation and bicycles are alternative ways of getting around town. German laws, e.g. quiet hours, are respected. Visiting professors will be accommodated in a separate apartment or local hotel facility.
MEALS: Breakfast and lunch will be served at the dormitory. Breakfast is buffet-style, self-serve while lunch is catered. Students receive a meal-voucher which may be used at local restaurants and bistros for their evening meal.
LAUNDRY: Laundry facilities are on the premises but may require flexibility around peak times of use. A wash load cost is $2.50; dryer load is $2.00. Additionally, within a 10’ walk is a public coin operated laundry “Wascherei”—Fleury Str. #22. One large load costs approximately $4.00.
INTERNET: A wireless network is available to AmbEx students. Students may use the AmbEx computers with internet connectivity. The German library, University and many internet cafes also have terminals at a reasonable rate.
INTERACTION: AmbEx students will have many opportunities to interact with German students their age. Within a short walk are four highly respected German high-high schools, i.e. Erasmus Gymnasium specializing in Old Languages e.g. Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Russian, etc., the Schwestern Gymnasium “Nun” School (All girls school) and Gregor Mendel Gymnasium (Math & Science); and the Max Reger Gymnasium (Music & Art). Also the Fachhochschule (College of Applied Sciences) is in Amberg. The Provincial, University and City Libraries are accessible to AmbEx students. Other things to enjoy include a mini golf course, beautiful parks, gardens and walking & jogging paths, theatre, performing arts center, horseback riding, tennis, shooting club (air rifles), ping pong, board games, etc.
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