Ammerthal is a municipality in the district of
Amberg-Sulzbach in
Bavaria
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in
Germany
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.
Sport
The town's association football club
DJK Ammerthal
The DJK Ammerthal is a German association football club from the town of Ammerthal, Bavaria. ''DJK'' stands for '' Deutsche Jugendkraft'', a sports organisation associated with the Catholic Church.
The club's greatest success came in 2012 when it ...
, formed in 1958, experienced its greatest success in 2012 when it won promotion to the
Bayernliga
The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one o ...
for the first time.
References
Amberg-Sulzbach
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