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Augsburg | |
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 The Town Hall of Augsburg | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Augsburg  | |
  Augsburg  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 | Swabia (Government Region) |
| District | Urban district |
| Government | |
| • Lord Mayor | Kurt Gribl |
| Area | |
| • Total | 146.87 km2 (56.71 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 446−561 m (−1,395 ft) |
| Population (2016-12-31)[3] | |
| • 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 |
Mixed Imperial City of Augsburg Paritätische Reichsstadt Augsburg | |||||||||
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| 1276–1803 | |||||||||
| Status | Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Augsburg | ||||||||
| Government | Theocracy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Bishopric established | 4th century | ||||||||
| ca 888 1276 | |||||||||
• City gained Reichsfreiheit | 1276 | ||||||||
| 1530 | |||||||||
• Joined Schmalkadic League | 1537 | ||||||||
• Peace of Augsburg | 1555 | ||||||||
| 1632–35 1803 | |||||||||
• Mediatised to Bavaria | 1803 | ||||||||
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Augsburg (German: [ˈaʊksbʊʁk]; Swabian: Augschburg ['aɔ̯gʃbʊrg]; Bavarian: Augschbuag, Latin: Augusta Vindelicorum or Augusta Vindelicum) 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).
References[change | change source]
- ↑ https://www.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Aktuell/05Staedte.html.
- ↑ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)". DESTATIS. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). January 2018.
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