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Overview
Geographically located in the centre of southern Germany and only 70km from the Bavarian metropolis of Munich, Augsburg is the third largest city in Bavaria with a population of 260,000 and attracts more and more visitors based on its friendliness and manageability. For 25 years it has been home to a modern university and the location of many international companies. Augsburg offers an abundance of free-time possibilities the whole year round. Culture and events
Enjoy, in one of the oldest cities in Germany, the advantages of a metropolis – pubs, theatres, museums – without getting lost in the ‘jungle’ of a massive, dangerous city! Founded 2000 years ago by Emperor Augustus, and thanks to its central location in the heart of Europe, Augsburg has grown into a centre of architecture, music and art. Today Augsburg is regarded as a jewel of Renaissance architecture, with its countless magnificent fountains and the Rathaus [city hall], built by Elias Holl.
Find here a panorama view of Augsburg (from a webcam)
sightseeing
- Fuggerei [The town within a town: In 1516 Jakob Fugger the Rich founded the world’s first social settlement for hard-working, guiltlessly impoverished citizens who were Catholic. It comprises 67 houses with 147 flats, a church and a fountain. This very day the yearly rent is one Rhenish gulden, which equals approximately € 0,88, plus one daily prayer for the founder.]
- Augsburger Puppenkiste famous puppet museum and theatre
- Birthplace of the famous author Bertolt Brecht Bert Brecht (10.02.1898 – 14. 08. 1956) : Augsburg’s most important author. Bert Brecht’s birthplace is situated in a small street in the old town and is a museum now. More about Bert Brecht year 2006 , Brecht’s time in Augsburg
- Brechtstadt Augsburg is also Mozart city! Leopold Mozart’s birthplace, father of Wolfgang Amadé. A private town house built in the 16th and 17th century. Today it houses the Mozart museum
- Leopold Mozart
- Renaissance-Rathaus und Kaisermeile
- drei Prachtbrunnen der Renaissance Fountains in Augsburg Augustus Fountain, Rathausplatz, built between 1588 - 1594 Herkules Fountain, Maximilian street (in front of the Schaezler Palace), designed by the Dutch Adriean de Vries, 1597 – 1600 Mercurius Fountain, Maximilian street, designed by Adriean de Vries, 1596 1599
- Dom und Ulrichskirchen
- St.-Anna-Kirche
- Idyllische Wallanlagen mit Stadtmauer und -türmen
- Schaezler-Palais
- Handwerkeraltstadt mit Lech-Kanälen
- Zoo, Botanic Garden
- Augsburg: Culture and events
- The town offers a wide variety of places and events – day and night. Concerts, Theatre, cinemas…see the local newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine or the magazine "Szene" Tipps and Events
- Mozartstadt
- Umweltstadt
- Picture Guide to the Romantic Road: Romantische Straße
