Amper
The Amper, called the Ammer upstream of the Ammersee, through which it runs, is the largest tributary of the Isar in southern Bavaria, Germany. It flows generally north-eastward, reaching the Isar in Moosburg, about 185 kilometres from its source in the Ammergau Alps, with a flow of 45 m3/s.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Germany
- Also known as: “Ammer”, “amper”, “Rio Ammer”, “Аммер”, and “Ампер (река)”
- Historically known as: “Amber”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St. Laurentius (Volkmannsdorf) and Schloss Isareck.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wang and Dürnseiboldsdorf.
Amper
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.5003° or 48° 30′ 1″ north
Longitude
11.95554° or 11° 57′ 20″ east
Elevation
408 metres (1,339 feet)
Open location code
8FWHGX24+46
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Amper” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Amper”
- Aragonese: “Amper”
- Aragonese: “Río Ammer”
- Armenian: “Ամպեր”
- Arpitan: “Amper”
- Asturian: “Amper”
- Azerbaijani: “Amper çayı”
- Basque: “Amper”
- Bavarian: “Amper”
- Breton: “Amper”
- Bulgarian: “Ампер”
- Catalan: “Amper”
- Cebuano: “Amper”
- Central Kurdish: “أمبير”
- Chinese: “安珀河”
- Chuvash: “Ампер”
- Corsican: “Amper”
- Croatian: “Amper”
- Czech: “Amper”
- Danish: “Amper”
- Dutch: “Amper”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر امپير”
- Esperanto: “Amper”
- Estonian: “Amper”
- Finnish: “Amper”
- French: “Amper”
- Friulian: “Amper”
- Galician: “Amper”
- German: “Amper”
- Hebrew: “אמפר”
- Hungarian: “Amper”
- Icelandic: “Amper”
- Ido: “Amper”
- Indonesian: “Amper”
- Interlingua: “Amper”
- Interlingue: “Amper”
- Irish: “Amper”
- Italian: “Amper”
- Japanese: “アンパー川”
- Jèrriais: “Amper”
- Kirghiz: “Ампер”
- Kongo: “Amper”
- Ligurian: “Amper”
- Limburgan: “Amper”
- Lithuanian: “Amperis”
- Low German: “Amper”
- Luxembourgish: “Amper”
- Malagasy: “Amper”
- Malay: “Amper”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Amper Hô”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Amper Kang”
- Minangkabau: “Amper”
- Neapolitan: “Amper”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Amper”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amper”
- Norwegian: “Amper”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Amper”
- Persian: “آمپر (رود)”
- Persian: “آمپر”
- Picard: “Amper”
- Piemontese: “Amper”
- Polish: “Amper”
- Portuguese: “Amper”
- Romanian: “Amper”
- Romansh: “Amper”
- Russian: “Ампер”
- Sardinian: “Amper”
- Scots: “Amper”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Amper”
- Serbian: “Amper”
- Sicilian: “Amper”
- Slovak: “Amper”
- Slovenian: “Amper”
- Spanish: “Río Ammer”
- Swahili: “Amper”
- Swedish: “Amper”
- Swiss German: “Amper”
- Turkish: “Amper (Nehir)”
- Turkish: “Amper”
- Ukrainian: “Ампер”
- Venetian: “Amper”
- Vietnamese: “sông Amper”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Amper”
- Vlaams: “Amper”
- Volapük: “Amper”
- Walloon: “Amper”
- Welsh: “Amper”
- Wolof: “Amper”
- Zulu: “Amper”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Volkmannsdorf and Volkmannsdorferau.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Ausgleichweiher and Bruckberg.
Bavaria: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Munich and Nuremberg.
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