5 attractions in Augsburg, including Fuggerei, Augsburg Cathedral and Augsburg Puppet Theatre (Augsburger Puppenkiste).
Historic sites & memorials
Augsburg
The Fuggerei in Augsburg is the world's oldest social housing complex still in use, and one of the most unusual things to do in Bavaria. Founded in 1521 by the merchant banker Jakob Fugger "the Rich," it still houses around 150 people in n…
Churches & monasteries
Augsburg
High up in the south wall of the nave are five stained-glass windows older than almost anything you will see in other churches: the Prophet Windows of Augsburg Cathedral date from the late 11th or early 12th century and are relics of the o…
Museums
Augsburg
For generations of German children, TV time began with a box lid slowly opening. Behind it, Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver, the Urmel or Kater Mikesch danced on strings. The Augsburger Puppenkiste has performed since 1948 in the his…
Landmarks
Augsburg
Augsburg Town Hall (Augsburger Rathaus) is the landmark of one of Germany's oldest cities and one of the finest Renaissance civic buildings north of the Alps. Designed by Elias Holl, the 187-foot building with its twin onion-domed towers a…
Churches & monasteries
Augsburg
At the southern end of Maximilianstraße stands Augsburg's most striking monument to its religious history: two churches, one Catholic and one Protestant, wall to wall. The larger one, the Basilica of St Ulrich and St Afra, is one of the la…