Augsburg, the Fugger city

15 June 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Fuggerei, the world';s first ever build social housing project © Wolfgang B. Kleiner / context medien und verlag Augsburg

Fuggerei, the world’;s first ever build social housing project © Wolfgang B. Kleiner / context medien und verlag Augsburg

Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria in Germany. It is a University town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a population exceeding 264,000 citizens. After Neuss and Trier, Augsburg is Germany’s third oldest city.   read more…

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