Augsburg
city in Bavaria, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Augsburg (UK: /ˈaʊɡzbɜːrɡ/ OWGZ-burg,[3] US: /ˈɔːɡz-/ AWGZ-,[4] German: [ˈaʊksbʊʁk] (listen); Swabian German: Augschburg) is a city in the South of Germany, in the state of Bavaria. It has about 272,000 inhabitants and a university. It was founded in the Roman age. In the time of Renaissance (after the Middle Ages) a family of bankers, the Fuggers, became very rich and powerful in Augsburg.
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From top: Perlachturm (left) and Augsburg Town Hall (right), Maximilian Museum, Fuggerei and Augsburg Cathedral. | |
Coordinates: 48°22′N 10°54′E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Bavaria |
Admin. region | Swabia |
District | Urban district |
Government | |
• Lord mayor (2020–26) | Eva Weber[1] (CSU) |
Area | |
• City | 146.84 km2 (56.70 sq mi) |
Elevation | 494 m (1,621 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• City | 301,033 |
• Density | 2,100/km2 (5,300/sq mi) |
• Metro | 885,000 |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 86150–86199 |
Dialling codes | 0821 |
Vehicle registration | A |
Website | www |
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The Protestant Augsburg Confession was made in 1530.
In 1555, a peace agreement called The Peace of Augsburg between Catholics and Protestants was signed in Augsburg.
Augsburg has a humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).