The Fuggerei claims to be the world’s oldest social housing area. It was founded in 1521 by the wealthy Augsburg merchant Jakob Fugger (1459-1525) to provide housing for industrious Catholic residents of Augsburg who had become impoverished through no fault of their own. The complex consists of 67 buildings with Read More …
Barfuß means barefoot in German, but that doesn’t mean you have to take off your shoes and socks before entering the Protestant Barfüßlerkirche in Augsburg. Nor does it mean you can buy shoes here, even though some younger Germans know Barfüßler mainly as a chain of shoe stores. What it Read More …
A characteristic feature of Augsburg is the existence of two churches side by side with the same name, a fancy white one for the Catholics and a more austere yellow-brown one for the Protestants. In another part of town there are also two St. Ulrich’s churches, in the same colors. Read More …
Augsburg was the birthplace of Leopold Mozart (1719-1787). He was a composer and musician in his own right, and also the author of what was then a standard textbook on learning to play the violin. But of course he is most famous as the father, teacher, manager and slave-driver of Read More …
The German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht was born in Augsburg on February 10, 1898. The house where he was born is now a museum with exhibits on his childhood and youth in Augsburg, and on his later life and works. He only actually lived at this address for about Read More …
This is a city-owned theater with its own opera ensemble, orchestra and chorus. I have only seen one opera here so far, namely Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) by Richard Wagner (1813-1883), which I have also seen numerous times in Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Mainz and Dortmund. The Flying Read More …