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Coordinates: 48°22′0″N 10°54′0″E / 48.36667, 10.9
Augsburg
The Town Hall of Augsburg
The Town Hall of Augsburg
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Augsburg
Augsburg (Germany)
Augsburg
Administration
Country
State Bavaria
Admin. region Swabia
District Urban district
Lord Mayor Kurt Gribl
Basic statistics
Area 146.93 km² (56.7 sq mi)
Elevation 446-561 m
Population 263,477  (01/01/2007)
 - Density 1,793 /km² (4,644 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate A
Postal codes 86150 – 86199
Area code 0821
Paritätische Reichsstadt Augsburg
Mixed Imperial City of Augsburg

City-state
1276 – 1803
Capital Augsburg
Government Value specified for "government_type" does not comply
Historical era Middle Ages
 - Bishopric established 4th century
 - Bishopric gained
    Reichsfreiheit		  
ca 888
 - City gained Reichsfreiheit 1276
 - Diet of Augsburg:
    Confessio Augustana		  
1530
 - Joined Schmalkadic
    League		  
1537
 - Peace of Augsburg 1555
 - Occupied by Sweden 1632 – 35
 - Mediatised to Bavaria 1803
For other uses, see Augsburg (disambiguation).

Augsburg is a city in the South of Germany, in the state of Bavaria. It has about 260,000 inhabitants and an university. It was founded in the Roman age. In the time of Renaissance (after Middle age) the bankers family Fugger from Augsburg became very rich and powerful. A peace between Catholics and Protestants was signed in Augsburg.


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