Augsburg

Mixed Imperial City of Augsburg
Mixed Imperial City of Augsburg; Paritätische Reichsstadt Augsburg
	1276–1803
Status	Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Augsburg
Government	Theocracy
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Bishopric established	4th century
• Bishopric gained ; Reichsfreiheit	; ca 888 1276
• City gained Reichsfreiheit	1276
• Diet of Augsburg: ; Confessio Augustana	; 1530
• Joined Schmalkadic; League	; 1537
• Peace of Augsburg	1555
• Occupied by Sweden	1632–35 1803
• Mediatised to Bavaria	1803
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Duchy of Swabia
Electorate of Bavaria

Augsburg
Augsburg
	The Town Hall of Augsburg
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	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
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Schwaben
District	Urban district
Government
• Lord Mayor	Kurt Gribl
Area
• Total	146.93 km2 (56.73 sq mi)
Elevation	446-561 m (−1,395 ft)
Population (2016-12-31)
• Total	289,584
• Density	2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	86150–86199
Dialling codes	0821
Vehicle registration	A

Augsburg 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.

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).