Augsburg
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| Coordinates | 48°22′0″N 10°54′0″E / 48.366667°N 10.9°E |
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| Country | Germany |
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| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Swabia |
| District | Urban district |
| Lord Mayor | Kurt Gribl |
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| Area | 146.93 km2 (56.73 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 446-561 m |
| Population | 272,699 (31 December 2012) |
| - Density | 1,856 /km2 (4,807 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | A |
| Postal codes | 86150–86199 |
| Area code | 0821 |
| Mixed Imperial City of Augsburg Paritätische Reichsstadt Augsburg |
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| Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||
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| Capital | Augsburg | |||
| Government | Theocracy | |||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||
| - Bishopric established | 4th century | |||
| - Bishopric gained Reichsfreiheit |
ca 888 1276 |
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| - City gained Reichsfreiheit | 1276 | |||
| - Diet of Augsburg: Confessio Augustana |
1530 |
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| - Joined Schmalkadic League |
1537 |
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| - Peace of Augsburg | 1555 | |||
| - Occupied by Sweden | 1632–35 1803 | |||
| - Mediatised to Bavaria | 1803 | |||
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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.
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).
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