Augsburg

Augsburg
The Town Hall of Augsburg
Coat of arms
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

Mixed Imperial City of Augsburg
Paritätische Reichsstadt Augsburg
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
1276–1803
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 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).

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