Saturday, February 3, 2018

augsburg

main square in augsburg with town hall (rathaus) and the perlach tower 

we have been at a birthday party in göggingen (southeast part of augsburg) this weekend. the communication was really good and mainly dedicated to the healer movie 'Wunder der Lebenskraft: Eine Erlebnisreise zur Kraft, die in uns wirkt' by stephan petrowitsch.

of course, we welcomed the chance to visit this old, old, old city (2,033 years old as founded in 15 b.C.), which is the 3rd biggest in bavaria after munich and nuremberg. augsburg is part of the bavarian disrict schwaben / swabia. unlike today, swabia was a huge historic territory in medieval southwest germany before.
the most important part of its history is bonded to the fugger family, who were probably the richest people on earth in 15th &16th century.
 göggingen
goggingen
augsburg, ulrichskirche + basilika st. ulrich und afra
 st. anna - augsburg
 schätzlerpalais
 
rokoko hall, schätzlerpalais
fuggerei, the oldest social estate was provided by the fuggers
air strikes bunker from WWII
time for lunch in town hall's cellar. there were many peaceful fans of FC eintracht frankfurt waiting for the bundesliga match against FC augsburg
perlach tower (perlachturm) + ratskeller restaurant
good-bye, augsburg
more pictures here (probably too many)

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