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VISITING AUGSBURG
Parking
The Annahof underground car park
is signposted off Fuggerstrasse and is
close to the tourist information office.
Tourist Information
Rathausplatz 1, 86150; 0821 50
20 70; www.augsburg-tourismus.de;
open daily

WHERE TO STAY IN AUGSBURG
1 Augsburg
Hotel am Rathaus moderate
Tucked in a discreet lane near Bavaria; 86150
Augsburg’s Rathaus, this hotel has 31 Founded by the Romans, Augsburg reached its zenith during
rooms, each equip ped with cable TV.
Am Hinteren Perlachberg 1, 86150; the Renaissance. An important banking centre during this period,
0821 34 64 90; www.hotel-am- the city attained renown all across Europe for its artists and craftsmen,
rathaus-augsburg.de above all in England, where the Augsburg painter Hans Holbein the
Steigenberger Hotel Drei Mohren Younger (1498–1543) became King Henry VIII’s court painter. The
expensive city also played a key role in the Reformation and its past glories
Augsburg’s top address since the
17th century, this hotel is part of are reflected in the impressive archi tecture of its city centre.
the Steigenberger chain today. Its
rooms and suites are con tem porary A two-hour walking tour north of the Alps. Built from 1615–20,
and taste ful.
Maximilianstrasse 40, 86150; 0821 503 Park in the Annahof underground car it was designed by Elias Holl. Badly
60; www.steigenberger.de park and walk through the courtyard burned during World War II, it has
to the church of St Anna 1 (open daily), since been care fully resto red. Inside,
Above right Fuggerei, the world’s oldest which contains the Renaissance burial Goldener Saal, or Golden Hall (open
social housing complex, Augsburg chapel of the wealthy Fugger family. daily), is a master piece of the restorer’s
There is also an exhibi tion art, com plete with a gilded walnut
on Martin Luther, who ceiling. Head north up Karolinen-
0 metres
200
AUF DEM KREUZ FR A U ENTORSTR KARMELITENG 0 yards 200 stayed here in 1518 strasse, cross Leonhardsberg to the
Mozarthaus
northern Altstadt, or old town, and
during his meet ings with
JESUITENSTRASSE ÄUSSERES PFAFFENGÄSSCHEN papal legate Cardinal Augsburg’s Dom 4, a blend of the
Romanesque and Gothic styles with
Cajetan follow ing the
Diözesan-
publica tion of his famous
12th-cen tury stained-glass win dows
museum
MITTLERES PFAFFENGÄS S CHEN
Dom MÜLLERSTR UNTERER GRABEN GÄ NSBÜHL 95 Theses. Exit the church and altar panels by Hans Holbein the
and head down Martin-
Elder, father of the cele bra ted portrai-
ALTEGASSE
PEUTINGERSTR HOHER WEG SPENGLERGÄSSCHE N LAUTERLECH PARACELSUSSTR Luther-Platz, then bear left tist. On the north ern side of the
cathedral is the Diözesanmuseum
to Maximilianmuseum 2
HAFN ERBERG OBSTMARKT SCHMIEDBERG
LEONHARDSBERG PILGERHAUSSTR (closed Mon). Housed in a (closed Mon), whose treasures include
GROTTENAU KARLSTR Stadtmetzg Brechthaus 16th-cen tury mer chant’s the cathe dral’s remarkable 11th-cen-
LUDWIGSTR
Rathaus PERLACHBERG JAKOBERSTR house, the museum con- tury bronze doors, illustrated with
platz
tains works by Augsburg’s
scenes from the Old Testament.
ANNASTRASSE KAROLINENSTR Rathaus Fuggerei famed gold- and silver- North along Frauentorstrasse is the
St Anna smiths and by the Dutch Mozarthaus 5 at No. 30 (closed Mon),
Maximilian-
museum VORDERER LECH OBERER GRABEN sculp tor Adriaen de Vries where Mozart’s father Leopold was
MARTIN-
B ÜRGERMEISTER-FISCHER-STR HU NOLDSGRABEN Handwerkerviertel (1556–1626), who was born in 1719, and which now houses
LUTHER-
PLATZ
FUGGERSTRASSE
Fugger-
KÖNIGSPLATZ Stadtpalast respon sible for several of an interest ing exhi bi tion. Return to
the city’s splendid foun- Rathausplatz and turn left down
ZEUGGASSE
tains. From the museum, Perlachberg, past Elias Holl’s gabled
WINTERGASSE
KATHARINENGASSE VORDERER LECH Phillippine-Welser-Strasse butcher’s guild house, the Stadtmetzg,
ARMENHAUSGASSE A FRAWALD R E DIGERBERG AM SCHWALL 3, or Town Hall Square. where the Brechthaus 6 (closed Mon),
SCHAEZLERSTR
Schaezlerpalais
HALLSTRASSE P leads into Rathausplatz and left again into Auf dem Rain,
M A X I M I L I A N S T R A S S E
KAPUZINERGAS S E F O R S T E R S T R A S S E It is domi na ted by the birth place of the play wright Bertolt
façade of the Rathaus, Brecht, is now a museum. Head back
one of Germany’s finest to the main road, and turn left along
B Ä C K E R G A S S E
MILCHBERG MARGARETENSTR
WEITE G A S S E
town halls and one of the Jakober strasse to the Fuggerei 7
KONRAD-ADENAUER-ALLEE
SCHIESSGRABENSTRASSE
St Ulrich und Afra
most important secular (open daily). Founded by Jakob Fugger
Renaissance build ings the Rich in 1521, this group of alms-
Where to Stay: inexpensive, under €70; moderate, €70–€150; expensive, over €150
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