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Content Facts and Numbers 2 History 3 Points of interest 4 Exhibitions 6 Your Mobile Phone as Travel Guide 7 Booking of tickets, Information and Augsburg Important Numbers 8 Your Free Travel Guide To print and take with Ever since its founding as a military base by Caesar Augustus - after whom it was named, the town of Augsburg has stood at the Intersection of some of the most important trade and travel routes on the Continent, and is after Trier the second oldest city in the German speaking area. Even in the Middle Ages the city owed its great importance to his favoured position. In the 13th century the citizens achieved for the old cathedral town of Augsburg the status of a free city in the Holy Roman Empire (Reichsstadt). Citizens Internet Facts ca. 268.000 www.augsburg.de www.augsburg-tourismus.de and Currency www.mozartstadt.de Numbers 1 Euro = 100 Cents Emergency Newspapers 110 Police Augsburger Allgemeine 112 Fire brigade Süddeutsche Zeitung 19222 Emergency doctor Bildzeitung Opening Times: Shopping Malls and larger shops are open from 10 a.m. till 8 p.m. from Monday till Friday. Saturdays from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m. (larger shops till 8 p.m.) Groceries open at 8 a.m. On a Sunday all shops are closed. A small amount of food products can be found at a filling station or at the main train station. 7 day weather forecast for Augsburg Monday 14.11. -7°/ -4°C cloudy Tourist-Information Tuesday 15.12. -7°/ -3°C cloudy Maximilianstraße 57 Wednesday 16.12. -7°/ -3°C snowy 86150 Augsburg Thursday 17.12.-10°/ -4°C cloudy Phone: +49 8 21/5 02 07-0 Friday 18.12.-10°/ -6°C snowy Fax: +49 8 21/5 02 07-45 Saturday 19.12. -8°/ -5°C cloudy Sunday 20.12. -9°/ -3°C cloudy [email protected] Augsburg | Facts and Numbers 2 The 2000 year old Augsburg is the third largest city in Bavaria, a university city, the seat of the Swabian government and an important economic centre where internationally renowned companies offer state-of-the-art computer and electronic technology. Since 1237 the city has displayed the pine cone on its coat-of-arms. The city emblem recalls its numerous representations in stone from Augsburg‘s era as a Roman capital, being displayed, for an example, on the Roman wall on the Fronhof. Important figures 15 B.C. Founding of the Roman military post, „Augusta Vindelicum“ at the site of today´s town. History 955 Battle of the Lechfeld: The Hungarians were defeated. 1156 First Augsburg town charter from Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa. 1276 Oldest written copy of the town charter. 1368 Craftsmen´s uprising. 1521 The Fuggerei, oldest social settlement of the world is founded. 1530 The Augsburg Confession proclaimed. 1555 The Peace of Augsburg between Catholics and Protestants 1620 Completion of townhall by Elias Holl. 1632 Gustav Adolf of Sweden occupies the city. 1650 The Peace-festival of Augsburg takes place. 1770-72 Building of first large-size calico operations. 1806 Incorporation into the Kingdom of Bavaria. 1816 The Augsburger stock exchange is founded. 1840 First train route Augsburg - Munich. 1910-16 Siebenbrunn, Oberhausen, Pfersee, Lechhausen, Hochzoll und Kriegshaber are incorporated. 1929 Building of Augsburg‘s open air theatre at the Red Gate. 1944 Airstrike caused severe damage to city. 1970 Founding of the University of Augsburg. 1972 Bergheim, Göggingen, Haunstetten und Inningen are incorporated. 1982 Completion of the Central Clinic. 1985 2000 year anniversary; re-opening of the Golden Hall. 1998 Suspension of US-barracks in Augsburg. 2006 The German Mozart-town celebrates the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Augsburg | History 3 Points of Interest Fuggerei Museum hours: Known as the „Town within a Town“. Founded in 1516 by Jakob Fugger the 1 March - 31 October, daily from Rich and his brothers as the world‘s first social settlement for hardworking, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 1 November - 15 honest but impoverished citizens who were Catholic. December, Saturday and Sunday The settlement comprises 67 two-storey structures housing 147 appartments, only from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. January a church and a simple, elegant fountain. and February closed. The yearly rent is, to this day, one Rhinish Gulden -equivalent to about EUR 0,88 . Daily recitation of The Lord´s Prayer for the founders remains part of the Admission: € 2 p.P house rules. Town Hall and Goldener Saal Opening hours: The Rathaus, or Town Hall, was built by the City Architect Elias Holl between daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 1615 and 1620. (except when reserved for special Most important secular Renaissance structure north of the Alps. Expresses the functions). self-assurance of the then Free Imperial City of Augsburg. Severly damaged in 1944 in an air raid. Reconstruction of the facade after Information: WWII and of the interior in 1962. Phone: +49 821 324 2120 In 1985, on the occasion of Augsburg´s 2000-year jubilee, the Golden Hall, with its imposing portals, gold-leaf coffered ceilings and murals, was exten- Admission Price: sively restored. Adults € 2 p.P Children older than 10 years € 1 p.P St. Ulrich and Afra There are two churches, both named Ulrich and Afra. One is Roman Catholic, the other Lutheran--the duality is a result of the Peace of Augsburg conclu- ded in 1555 between Catholics and Protestants. Address: Construction of the larger structure begun in 1474 with the abbey church of Ulrichsplatz 19 the Benedictine monks. Choir with three massive altars and the Crucifixion 86150 Augsburg altar completed in 16th/17th c. Onion-domed tower is 93 m high. Phone: +49 821 34 55 60 Late gothic basilica richly appointed in Renaissance and Baroque styles: an www.st-ulrich-und-afra.de elaborate wrought-iron grille, numerous works of art, and the burial vaults www.evangelisch-stulrich.de of Augsburg‘s patron saints Afra, Ulrich and Simpert. Augsburg | Points of Interest 4 Points of Interest The Cathedral We have records from as early as 823 AD for the history of the cathedral (Dom). The oldest section is probably the crypt beneath the west choir, laid out in the 10th c. under Bishop Ulrich. Address: The windows of the prophets Jonas, Daniel, Hosea and Moses are exa- Kornhausgasse 8 mples of the oldest representative stained glass in Germany (attr. middle 86152 Augsburg 12th c.).n front of the cathedral are remains of the foundation of St. Phone: +49 821 3166353 John‘s church (10th c.) and relics from Roman Augsburg (Roman wall). www.augsburg.de Opening hours: Roman Museum Wednesday - Sunday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Formerly a Dominican church, this museum now houses large and small ar- Group tours by arrangement. chaeological finds from Augsburg and the surrounding region from prehisto- ric and Roman times and the Early Middle Ages. Admission price: € 3,50 p.P. Admission: Adults € 3,50 p.P. Address: Mozart House Mozarthaus Frauentorstrasse 30 House where Leopold Mozart, father of Wolfgang Amadé, was born. 86150 Augsburg A patrician house from the 16th and 17th century. Today it is the Mozart Phone: +49 821 450 79 45 Memorial with interesting exhibits (e. g. the Stein pianoforte). www.mozartstadt.de Maximilian Museum Located in the pedestrian zone, it is housed in two 16th c. upper-middle-class residential buildings which were combined at the end of the 17th century. Three original ceiling frescoes remain, major works of Melchior Steidl. In 1856, one year after Augsburg‘s oldest museum was opened, King Maximi- Opening hours: lian II of Bavaria took over patronage of this museum and gave it his name. Wednesday through Sunday from Sculptures, object art and numerous objects pertaining to the city‘s history 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. are on display here in over 30 rooms. One highlight is a collection of pieces by Augsburg master gold- and silversmiths. Admission: € 7 p.P. Augsburg | Points of Interest 5 Your Dial +49 8122 9999 5522 Mobile Phone + extension number e.g. as Travel Guide 03 for the Perlach tower You´ll get instant cultural and historic information on the sight you want to know more about. Digit code for the Berliner Allee sights 01 History of Augsburg 2:41 Thommstraße 02 City Hall 2:40 03 Perlach Tower 2:34 Frauentorstraße 05 04 Cathedral 2:35 05 Mozart House 2:27 Unterer Graben Unterer 06 Church of St. Anna 2:21 04 07 Maximilian Museum 2:20 Auf dem Kreuz 08 Fugger City Palace 2:33 Volkhartstraße 09 2:24 Karolinenstraße Schaezler Palace 10 Basilica St. Ulrich and St. Afra Leonhardsberg Pilgerhausstraße + evangelic St. Ulrich 2:20 Karlstraße Grottenau Oberer GrabenJakoberstraße Schaezlerstraße 03 11 Roman Museum 2:12 02 12 Fuggerstraße 12 The Fuggerei 2:15 07 06 i Tourist-Information Maximilianstraße 11 08 Jakoberwallstraße i This service is offered by the city 09 Forsterstraße of Augsburg. All you pay is the Hallstraße connection fee from your mobile SchießgrabenstraßeKonrad-Adenauer-Allee phone to the German fixed line network. You can see the durati- on of each audio file next to the Hermanstraße Milchberg sight name using the list above. 10 There are no additional costs. Gu- aranteed. This service is supported by TOP FM Radio and The History Stettenstraße Eserwallstraße Channel. R o e Haunstetter Str. t Friedberger Straße e-T raß orwall-St Augsburg | Your Mobile Phone as Travel Guide 6 Booking of tickets, Information and Important Numbers Theater Augsburg Augsburger Kongreßhalle Parktheater im Kurhaus Göggingen Kasernstr. 4 -6 Gögginger Str.