Augsburg-Hochzoll
Augsburg Hochzoll - the district of Hochzoll lies in the east of the city of Augsburg. Hochzoll is bordered on its west by the Lech river, whose waters also feed the Kuhsee (Cow lake) to the south of Hochzoll. To the east, Hochzoll shares its city border with that of Friedberg West, a district of the town of Friedberg.
The main road through Augsburg Hochzoll is the Bundesstrasse 300, which is also designated as the Bundesstrasse 2 for that part which goes through Hochzoll. The latter turns in the east of Hochzoll to the south, and forms part of the border between Hochzoll and Friedberg west.
Approximately 200 meters south of the road bridge, a bridge for the railway line Augsburg-Munich also crosses the Lech. East of the railway bridge is the station Hochzoll, at which the Paartalbahn railway line branches off of the main route to Ingolstadt. This light-rail route runs about parallel to the B 300, while the main route of the Augsburg – Munich line turns south towards Munich in a long-drawn-out curve.
The history of Hochzoll has at its origin a bridging over the Lech river in the year 980. As the Lech is the historical border between Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria) and Schwaben (Swabia), and as the construction of bridges was very expensive at the time, a bridge toll was raised (HochZoll - High Tariff). Also, as the town charter for the municipality Friedberg emanates from the year 1264, the Lech also served as the border between Augsburg and Friedberg. The district of Hochzoll today then belonged to Friedberg and was referred to as Friedberger Au.
The history of the district has always been strongly shaped by the construction of bridges.
Coordinates: 48°21′10″N 10°56′50″E / 48.35278°N 10.94722°E
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