Augsburg
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia | Date: 2007
City (pop., 2002 est.: 257,800), Bavaria, southern Germany. Founded as a Roman colony by Augustus 14 , it was the seat of a bishopric by 739. It became an imperial free city in 1276 and joined the Swabian League in 1331. The Fugger and Welser families made the city a major banking and commercial centre in the 15th–16th centuries. The Augsburg Confession was read at the Diet of 1530; the Peace of Augsburg was concluded in 1555; and the League of Augsburg was formed in 1686. The city became part of Bavaria in 1806. It was heavily bombed during World War II. Sites of interest include the Fuggerei (1519), the world's oldest housing settlement for the poor.
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