Amorbach is a place in the district of Miltenberg, Bavaria, Germany. It was founded in 1253 and celedrated its 750th anniversary in 2003.
The name does not originate from the Roman godAmor. It comes from O(tte)rbach. It used to be in Hesse and was bordered with Bavaria and Baden. It became a part of Bavaria in 1816.
The abbey, which was consecrated in 734, became the centre of Christianity and civilization in the Oden forest.
The town of Amorbach, which in 1900 had 2,173 inhabitants, grew up about its walls and its monks not only laboured in the neighbouring districts but also penetrated into northern Germany, where they aided in the conversion of the Saxons.
Amorbach was suppressed in 1803 and passed into the possession of the house of Leiningen.
The town developed around the large Benedictine monastery Amorbach and became a city in 1253.
All seals of the city have shown the monastery, but during the centuries the shape, numer of towers and size of the monastery have changed considerably.
Most seals also showed the wheel of Mainz, Amorbach was part of the State of Mainz.
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