Overview
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In the heart of Bavaria, situated on the Romantic Road, not far from Munich and the Alps, the oldest city in Germany, attracting more and more people 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
Guests from foreign countries are warmly welcomed and quickly feel at home. The city of Mozart and Fugger, the birth place of Brecht, a renaissance city and a lively University town - a city for business and recreation! Enjoy the benefits of a city: traditional German pubs, Theatre, muesums, without getting lost in the urban jungel.
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.] The Fuggerei is the world's oldest welfare housing and dates back to 1516. It was founded by the Fugger family to house hardworking and honest but poor citizens. The annual rent is still one Rhenish guilder (around €0.88). A stone plaque commemorates the fact that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's great-grandfather lived here 300 years ago. One of the houses is home to the Fuggerei Museum which shows how residents of previous centuries lived.
Augsburger Puppenkiste famous puppet museum and theatre
Birthplace of the famous author 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 AugsburLeopold Mozart 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.Renaissance-Rathaus Mayor´s Hall and "Maxstrasse"with its georgious renaissance Fountains: 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 1599Dom (Cathedral) UlrichskirchenSt.-Anna-Kirche Schaezler-PalaisZoo, Welcome to the zoo next to the Botanic Garden, a huge recreation area in the city
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
