Republic of Augsburg
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View of Augsburg City Hall and other historical buildings in Augsburg
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| Coordinates: 48°22′N 10°54′E / 48.367°N 10.900°ECoordinates: 48°22′N 10°54′E / 48.367°N 10.900°E | |||
| Country | Germany | ||
| State | Bavaria | ||
| Admin. region | Swabia | ||
| District | Urban district | ||
| Government | |||
| • Lord Mayor | Kurt Gribl (CSU) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 146.84 km2 (56.70 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 494 m (1,621 ft) | ||
| Population (2015-12-31) | |||
| • Total | 286,374 | ||
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | ||
| Postal codes | 86150–86199 | ||
| Dialling codes | 0821 | ||
| Vehicle registration | A | ||
| Mixed Imperial City of Augsburg | ||||||||||
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| Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
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 Coat of arms of Augsburg before 1985
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| Capital | Augsburg | |||||||||
| Government | Republic | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Bishopric established | 4th century | ||||||||
| • | Bishopric gained Imperial immediacy | c. 888 | ||||||||
| • | City gained immediacy | 1276 | ||||||||
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Diet of Augsburg: Confessio Augustana |
1530 | ||||||||
| • | Joined Schmalkadic League | 1537 | ||||||||
| • | Peace of Augsburg | 1555 | ||||||||
| • | Occupied by Sweden | 1632–35 | ||||||||
| • | Mediatised to Bavaria | 1803 | ||||||||
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| Largest groups of foreign residents | |
| Nationality | Population (2013) |
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 Turkey
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12,221 |
 Romania
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5,623 |
 Italy
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4,182 |
 Croatia
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3,052 |
 Serbia and Montenegro
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2,849 |
 Poland
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2,712 |
 Greece
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2,114 |
 Iraq
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1,816 |
 Russia
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1,728 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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1,534 |
 Ukraine
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1,519 |
 Bulgaria
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1,321 |
 Austria
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1,081 |
Augsburg (German pronunciation: [ˈʔaʊ̯ksbʊʁk] (
listen); Austro-Bavarian: Augschburg) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It was a Free Imperial City for over 500 years, and is notable for the Augsburg Confession.
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 the third-largest city in Bavaria (after Munich and Nuremberg) with a population of 286,000 citizens. After Neuss and Trier, Augsburg is Germany's third oldest city, being founded by the Romans as Augusta Vindelicorum, named after the Roman emperor Augustus.
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