Augsburg | |
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![]() View o Augsburg Ceity Haw an ither historical biggins in Augsburg | |
Coordinates: 48°22′N 10°54′E / 48.367°N 10.900°ECoordinates: 48°22′N 10°54′E / 48.367°N 10.900°E | |
Kintra | Germany |
State | Bavarie |
Admin. region | Schwaben |
Destrict | Urban destrict |
Govrenment | |
• Laird Mayor | Kurt Gribl (CSU) |
Area | |
• Total | 146.93 km2 (56.73 sq mi) |
Elevation | 495 m (1,624 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 301,033 |
• Density | 2,000/km2 (5,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Postal codes | 86150–86199 |
Diallin codes | 0821 |
Vehicle registration | A |
Mixed Imperial City of Augsburg Paritätische Reichsstadt Augsburg | |||||||||
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1276–1803 | |||||||||
Status | Ceity | ||||||||
Caipital | Augsburg | ||||||||
Govrenment | Republic | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Bishopric established | 4th century | ||||||||
c. 888 | |||||||||
• Ceity gained immediacy | 1276 | ||||||||
1530 | |||||||||
• Jyned Schmalkadic League | 1537 | ||||||||
• Peace o Augsburg | 1555 | ||||||||
1632–35 | |||||||||
• Mediatisit tae Bavarie | 1803 | ||||||||
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Augsburg (German pronunciation: [ˈʔaʊ̯ksbʊʁk] ( listen)) is a ceity in the sooth-wast o Bavarie, Germany. It wis a Free Imperial Ceity for ower 500 years.
It is a varsity toun an hame o the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben an the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is a urban destrict an hame tae the institutions o the Landkreis Augsburg. It is the third-lairgest ceity in Bavarie (efter Munich an Nuremberg) wi a population exceedin 280,000 ceitizens. Efter Neuss an Trier, Augsburg is Germany's third auldest ceity, bein foondit bi the Romans as Augusta Vindelicorum.
Augsburg is the anerly German ceity wi its awn legal holiday, the Augsburger Hohes Friedensfest, celebratit on August 8 o ivery year. This gies Augsburg mair legal holidays than ony ither region or ceity in Germany.[2]
Augsburg wis the hame o twa patrician faimilies that rose tae great prominence internaitionally an aw, replacin the Medicis as Europe's leadin bankers, the Fugger an the Welser faimilies.