My Grand Old Town Tour

The Weberhaus in Augsburg is one of the city's most striking buildings. Here, in the Upper Town and right next to City Hall, the former importance of the weavers' guild is evident.

The Armory is one of the most important secular buildings of the Renaissance in Augsburg—and it also marks Elias Holl’s breakthrough as the city’s master builder

Emperors and artists stayed here! The vaults held gold and treasures of unimaginable value. The Fugger family’s money financed imperial and papal elections and made military campaigns possible!

Down to the Lechviertel: today, a romantic neighborhood full of narrow alleys, small artisans’ houses, babbling canals, and countless bridges.

Living and working went hand in hand in the craftsmen's quarter. A brief glimpse into the lives of the tanners and weavers

At first glance, the Gignoux House, with its magnificent Rococo façade, seems completely out of place in this rather modest working-class neighborhood.

Augsburg became the most important center of goldsmithing in Central and Eastern Europe. In the 17th and 18th centuries, nearly all major prestigious commissions were placed in Augsburg.

At the foot of the imposing east facade of Augsburg City Hall, right on Elias-Holl-Platz, you can spot an unusual stone slab known as the “Wilde-Männer-Tafel”

With the Neue Metzg, Elias Holl created a new architectural space and a technical masterpiece that was celebrated throughout Europe.

From a Franciscan monastery to Augsburg’s first Protestant church—a place marked by the Reformation, destruction, and a new beginning.