Augsburg
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Coordinates:48°22′N10°54′E/ 48.367°N 10.900°ECoordinates:48°22′N10°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 ReichsstadtAugsburg | |||||||||
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1276–1803 | |||||||||
Status | Ceity | ||||||||
Caipital | Augsburg | ||||||||
Govrenment | Republic | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Bishopric established | 4th century | ||||||||
c.888 | |||||||||
• Ceity gainedimmediacy | 1276 | ||||||||
1530 | |||||||||
• JynedSchmalkadic League | 1537 | ||||||||
• Peace o Augsburg | 1555 | ||||||||
1632–35 | |||||||||
1803 | |||||||||
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Augsburg(German pronunciation:[ˈʔaʊ̯ksbʊʁk](listen)) is a ceity in the sooth-wast oBavarie,Germany. It wis aFree Imperial Ceityfor ower 500 years.
It is avarsity tounan hame o theRegierungsbezirkSchwabenan theBezirk Schwaben.Augsburg is aurban destrictan hame tae the institutions o theLandkreis Augsburg.It is the third-lairgest ceity in Bavarie (efter Munich an Nuremberg) wi a population exceedin 280,000 ceitizens. EfterNeussanTrier,Augsburg is Germany's third auldest ceity, bein foondit bi the Romans asAugusta Vindelicorum.
Augsburg is the anerly German ceity wi its awn legal holiday, theAugsburger 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 twapatricianfaimilies that rose tae great prominence internaitionally an aw, replacin theMedicisas Europe's leadin bankers, theFuggeran theWelserfaimilies.
Municipality
[eedit|eedit soorce]Frae 1266 till 1548, the termsStadtpfleger(heid o toun cooncil) anMayorwur uised interchyngeably, or occasionally, simultaneously. In 1548 the title wis feenally fixed taeStadtpfleger,who officiatit for several years an wis then awairdit the title for life (tho nae langer govrenin), sicweys resultin ramfeesely, in records o twa or mair simultaneousStadtpfleger.
Efter the transfer taeBavariein 1806, Augsburg wis ruled bi aMagistratewi twa mayors, supportit bi a addeetional cooncil o "Commonty Commissioners": theGemeindebevollmächtige.
As o 1907, the Mayor wis entitledOberbürgermeister,as Augsburg haed reached a population of 100,000, as per the BavarieGemeindeordnung.
Toun Cooncil
[eedit|eedit soorce]Election results of the Town Council syne 1972 in percent | |||||||||
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Year | CSU | SPD | FDP | Grüne | ödp | DKP/PDS | REP | NPD | ither |
1972 | 44.9 | 46.5 | 2.3 | – | – | 0.7 | – | 0.9 | 4.7 |
1978 | 46.8 | 44.5 | 2.7 | – | – | 0.4 | – | 0.6 | 4.9 |
1984 | 32.9 | 44.9 | 1.3 | 4.2 | – | 0.2 | – | 0.7 | 15.8 |
1990 | 43.1 | 28.4 | 2.5 | 10.8 | – | – | 10.0 | – | 5.2 |
1996 | 44.1 | 29.4 | 1.7 | 10.5 | – | – | 2.8 | – | 11.5 |
2002 | 43.5 | 36.4 | 3.5 | 8.7 | 1.8 | 1.2 | – | – | 4.9 |
2008 | 40.1 | 30.1 | 2.7 | 10.3 | 1.5 | 3.5 | – | – | 11.8 |
Seats 20081 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 6 | – | 22 | – | – | 73 |
1Local elections on 2 Mairch 200822008:Die Linke3Pro Augsburg: 6,Freie Wähler:1
Members o the Bundestag
[eedit|eedit soorce]Augsburg is locatit in theWahlkreis 253 Augsburg-Stadtconstituency, which includesKönigsbrunnan the Destrict o Augsburg (Landkreis Augsburg).
Christian Rucko theCSUwis directly electit tae theBundestagwi 49.2% o the vote in the16t German Bundestag.
Indirectly electit tae the Bundestag tae adhere tae theLandeslistewurMiriam Grußfor theFDP,Heinz Paulafor theSPDanClaudia RothforBündnis 90/Die Grünen.
Main sichts
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![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Augsburg_Synagoge.jpg/220px-Augsburg_Synagoge.jpg)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Augsburg_-_st_ulrich_u_afra.jpg/220px-Augsburg_-_st_ulrich_u_afra.jpg)
- Toun Haw,biggit in 1620 inRenaissancestyle wi theGoldener Saal
- Perlachturm,a bell touer biggit in 989
- Fuggerei(see abuin)
- Fugger Palaces, restored renaissance palatial hames o the Fugger bankin faimily
- Bishop's Residence, biggit aboot 1750 in order tae replace the aulder bishop's palace; the day the administrative seat ofSwabia
- Cathedral,foondit in the 9t century
- St. Anne's Church
- Augsburg Synagogue,ane of the few German synagogues tae survive the war, nou beautifully restored and open wi a Jewish museum inside
- Schaezlerpalais,a Rococo mansion (1765) nou housing a major art museum
- St. Ulrich and St. Afra—ane kirk is Roman Catholic, the itherLutheran,the duality bein a result of thePeace of Augsburgconcluded in 1555 atween Catholics and Protestants
- Mozart Haus Augsburg (whaur composer's faitherLeopold Mozartwis born andMozartvisited it several times)
- Augsburger Puppenkiste,a puppet theatre
- Luther Stiege,museum locatit in a kirk, that shows Martin Luthers life and different rooms. (free admission)
- Eiskanal,the world's first artificialwhitewatercourse (venue for the whitewater events of the 1972 Munich Olympics)
- Dorint Hotel Tower
- Childhood home ofBertolt Brecht
- The AugsburgBotanical Gardens(Botanischer Garten Augsburg)
- Maximillian Museum
- 3 magnificent baroque fountains, the Agustus Fountain, Mercury Fountain and Hercules Fountain
- Walter Art Museum at the "Glas-Palace"
- Roman Museum locatit in the umwhile Monastery of St. Margaret (closed at the moment due tae risk of collapsing)
- Medieval canals, nou uised for white-watter kayak racing
Incorporations
[eedit|eedit soorce]Year | Municipality | Area |
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Julie 1, 1910 | Meringerau | 9.5 km² |
Januar 1, 1911 | Pfersee | 3.5 km² |
Januar 1, 1911 | Oberhausen | 8.6 km² |
Januar 1, 1913 | Lechhausen | 27.9 km² |
Januar 1, 1913 | Hochzoll | 4.4 km² |
Aprile 1, 1916 | Kriegshaber | 59 km² |
Julie 1, 1972 | Göggingen | |
Julie 1, 1972 | Haunstetten | |
Julie 1, 1972 | Inningen |
Historical population development
[eedit|eedit soorce]Year | Population |
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1635 | 16,432 |
1645 | 19,960 |
1806 | 26,200 |
1830 | 29,019 |
December 1, 1871 ¹ | 51,220 |
December 1, 1890 ¹ | 75,629 |
December 1, 1900 ¹ | 89,109 |
December 1, 1910 ¹ | 102,487 |
Juin 16, 1925 ¹ | 165,522 |
Juin 16, 1933 ¹ | 176,575 |
Mey 17, 1939 ¹ | 185,369 |
September 13, 1950 ¹ | 185,183 |
Juin 6, 1961 ¹ | 208,659 |
Mey 27, 1970 ¹ | 211,566 |
Juin 30, 1975 | 252,000 |
Juin 30, 1980 | 246,600 |
Juin 30, 1985 | 244,200 |
Mey 27, 1987 ¹ | 242,819 |
December 31, 1990 | 256.877 |
December 31, 1991 | 259.884 |
December 31, 1992 | 264.852 |
December 31, 1993 | 264.764 |
December 31, 1994 | 262.110 |
December 31, 1995 | 259.699 |
December 31, 1996 | 258.457 |
December 31, 1997 | 256.625 |
December 31, 1998 | 254.610 |
December 31, 1999 | 254.867 |
December 31, 2000 | 254.982 |
December 31, 2001 | 257.836 |
December 31, 2002 | 259.231 |
December 31, 2003 | 259.217 |
December 31, 2004 | 260.407 |
December 31, 2005 | 262.676 |
December 31, 2006 | 262.512 |
December 31, 2007 | 262.992 |
December 31, 2008 | 263.313 |
December 31, 2009 | 263.646 |
December 31, 2010 | 264.708 |
December 31, 2011 | 266.647 |
¹ Census result
Pairtner ceities
[eedit|eedit soorce]Innerness,Unitit Kinrick,syne 1956
Amagasaki,Japan,syne 1959
Nagahama,Japan,syne 1959
Bourges,Fraunce, syne 1963
Dayton,Ohio,Unitit States, syne 1964
Liberec,Czech Republic,syne 2001
Jinan,Cheenae,syne 2004
Information on the pairtner ceities can foond atwww.augsburg.deArchived2005-12-14 at theWayback Machinean aw
Transport
[eedit|eedit soorce]Roads
[eedit|eedit soorce]The main road link isautobahnA 8atweenMunichanStuttgart.
Public transport
[eedit|eedit soorce]Public transport is vera well catered for. It is controlled bi theAugsburger Verkehrsverbund(Augsburg transport union, AVV) extendit ower central Swabie. Thare are seiven railRegionalbahnlines, fivetramlines, 27 ceity bus lines an sax nicht bus lines, as well as, several taxi companies.
TheAugsburg tramwey netwirkis nou 35.5 km-lang efter the openin o new lines tae thevarsityin 1996, the northren ceity boondar in 2001 an tae the Klinikum Augsburg (Augsburg hospital) in 2002. Tram line 6, which runs 5.2 km frae Friedberg West tae Rotes Tor, opened in Dizember 2010.[3]
Rail services
[eedit|eedit soorce]Augsburg haes sax stations, theCentral Station(Hauptbahnhof),Hochzoll,Oberhausen,MorellstraßeandMesse.The Central Station, biggit frae 1843 tae 1846, is Germany’s auldest main station in a lairge ceity still providin services in the oreeginal building. It is currently bein modernized and an underground tram station is biggit underneath it.Hauptbahnhofis on theMunich–AugsburgandUlm–Augsburg linesand is connected biICEandICservices taeMunich,Berlin,Dortmund,Frankfurt,HamburgandStuttgart.As of December 2007, the FrenchTGVconnected Augsburg wi a direct High Speed Connection taeParis.In additionECand nicht train services connect taeAmsterdam,ParisandViennaand connections will be substantially improved bi the creation of the plannedMagistrale for Europe.
The AVV operates seivenRegionalbahnlines frae the main station tae:
- Mammendorf
- Schmiechen(direction taeAmmersee
- Aichach/Radersdorf
- Meitingen/Donauwörth
- Dinkelscherben
- Schwabmünchen
- Klosterlechfeld
Stairtin in 2008, the regional services are planned tae be altered taeS-Bahnfrequencies an developit lang term as integratit intae theAugsburg S-Bahn.
Air transport
[eedit|eedit soorce]Till 2005 Augsburg wis servit bi nearbiAugsburg Airport(AGB). In that year aw air passenger transport haes been relocatit taeMunich Airport.Syne then the Airport anerly serves forGeneral aviationanbusiness aviation.
Economy
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Augsburg is a vibrant industrial ceity. Mony global mercat leaders namelyMAN,EADSorKUKAproduce heich technology products lik printin seestems, lairge diesel ingines,industrial robotsor components for theAirbus A380an theArianecarrier rocket. Efter Munich, Augsburg is considered the heich-tech centre for Information an Communication in Bavarie an taks advantage o its lawer operatin costs, yet close proximity taeMunichan potential customers.
Major companies
[eedit|eedit soorce]- Boewe Systec
- EADS
- Faurecia
- Fujitsu Technology Solutions
- KUKARobotics / seestems
- MAN(Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg)
- manroland
- MT-Aerospace(umwhileMAN Technologie)
- NCR
- Osram
- Premium AEROTEC
- Siemens
- UPM-Kymmene(umwhile Haindl)
- VerlagsgruppeWeltbild
- WashTec(umwhile Kleindienst)
- synlab Group
- Amazon
- Cancom
Eddication
[eedit|eedit soorce]Augsburg is hame tae the follaein varsities an colleges:
- Varsity o Augsburg,foondit in 1970[4]
- Hochschule Augsburg(Varsity o Applee'd Sciences, umwhile Fachhochschule Augsburg)
Media
[eedit|eedit soorce]The local newspaper is theAugsburger Allgemeinefirst published in 1807. Thare are aseveral local radio stations an a local TV station (a.tv) an aw.
Notable fowk
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- died 304Saint Afra
- c.890–973Saint Ulrich
- 1070–1127Saint Wolfhard
- 1442–1528Erhard RatdoltPrinter, famous for haein produced the first kent printers teep specimen beuk.
- 1459–1525Jakob FuggerNoted banker and financial broker. An area within the ceity, cried theFuggereiwis set aside for the poor and needy. Foondit in 1519.
- 1460–1524Hans Holbein the Elder,a pioneer in the transformation of German art frae theGothictae theRenaissancestyle.
- 1497–1543Hans Holbein the Younger,portrait an releegious penter.
- 1497-c.1574Matthäus Schwarz,accoontant an author
- 1517–1579Paulus Hector Mair,mairtial airtist.
- 1573–1646Elias Holl,airchitect
- 1580–1627Julius Schiller,lawyer an astronomer.
- 1704–1767Johann Jakob Haid,engraver
- 1719–1787Leopold Mozart,violinist-componer an faither oWolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- 1740–1786Christoph Christian Sturm,German preacher an author.
- 1873-1964Hans von Euler-Chelpin,co-recipient o 1929Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- 1887–1943Julius Schaxel,biologist.
- 1858–1913Rudolf Diesel,inventor o the diesel ingine.
- 1898–1956Bertolt Brecht,famous German writer.
- 1920–2011Mietek Pemper,compiled an teepitOskar Schindler's leet, which savit 1,200 Jewish preesoners frae the Holocaust.[5]
- 1933–2011Ulrich Biesinger,a umwhile German fitbawer, pairt o the team that wan the1954 FIFA Warld Cup.
- 1939–2012Helmut Haller,afitbawerwho representitWast Germanyat threeWarld Cups.
- 1948Wolf Blitzer,jurnalist an CNN reporter
- 1957Bernhard Langer,famous profeesional gowfer.
- 1959Bernd Schuster,aGermanfitbaa coach an umwhile player.
- 1961Armin Veh,aGermanfitbaa coach.
- 1962Josef Priller,LuftwaffeAce
- 1980Benny Greb,aGermansolo drum airtist.
- 1983Philipp Kohlschreiber,aGermantennis player.
- 1985Bianca Voitek,aGermanfemale bodybuilder.
- 1985Annina Braunmiller,aGermanvyce actress.
- 1989Johnny Cecotto, Jr.,aGermanracin career.
Sports
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FC Augsburgis a fitbaa team based in Augsburg an plays in theSGL arena.FC Augsburg wis promotit taeBundesligain 2011. The new stadium (opened in Julie 2009) hostit gemmes o the2011 FIFA Weemen's Warld Cup.
The ceity is hame tae aDEL(first-diveesion) ice hockey team, theAugsburger Panther.The oreeginal club, AEV, wis formit in 1878, the auldest German ice sport club an regularly draws aroond 4000 spectators, quite raisonable for German ice hockey. Hame gemmes are played at theCurt Frenzel Stadion:a recently rebuilt (2012-2013) indoor rink an modren stadium. An aw Augsburg is hame tae ane o the maist tradeetional German basebaw clubs, the Augsburg Gators.
For the1972 Olympic GemmesinMunich,aLech Riverdam protective diversionary canal for river ice wis convertit intae the warld's firstairtificial whitewatterslalom course: theEiskanalan remains a warld-cless venue for whitewatter competeetion an servit as prototeep for twa dozen seemilar foreign courses.
Local ceity elk-names
[eedit|eedit soorce]While commonly criedFuggerstadt(Fuggers' ceity) due tae theFuggersresidin thare, athin Swabie it is aften referred tae asDatschiburgan aw: which oreeginatit sometime in the 19t century refers tae Augsburg's favorite sweet: theDatschimade frae fruit, preferably prunes, an thin cake daich.[6]TheDatschiburger Kickerscharity fitbaa team (foondit in 1965) reflects this in its choice o team name.[7][8]
See an aw
[eedit|eedit soorce]- Leet o ceevic diveesions o Augsburg
- League of Augsburg
- Augsburg College,a privateLutheranCollege in the Unitit States that taks its name frae theAugsburg Confession
- Leet o mayors o Augsburg
- Rudolf Diesel,inventor o the Diesel ingine, who uisedbiodieselan aw
Notes
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag(Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).
- ↑"Stadt Augsburg - Home - Stadt Augsburg"..augsburg.de. 1 Mey 2014. Archived fraethe originalon 4 Mey 2014.Retrieved5 Mey2014.
- ↑"Railway Gazette: Urban rail news in brief".Retrieved2 Januar2011.
- ↑www.uni-augsburg.de
- ↑Martin, Douglas (18 Juin 2011)."Mietek Pemper, 91, Camp Inmate Who Compiled Schindler's List".New York Times.Archivedfrae the original on 24 Juin 2011.Retrieved26 Juin2011.Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑Augsburger Stadtlexikon –Datschiburg(in German)accessed: 18 November 2008
- ↑Datschiburger KickerswebsiteArchived2009-10-06 at theWayback Machineaccessed: 18 November 2008
- ↑Augsburger Stadtlexikon –Datschiburger Kickers(in German)accessed: 18 November 2008
References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- Die Chroniken der schwäbischen Städte, Augsburg,(Leipzig, 1865–1896).
- Werner,Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg,(Augsburg, 1900).
- Lewis, "The Roman Antiquities of Augsburg and Ratisbon", in volume xlviii,Archæological Journal,(Lunnon, 1891).
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