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The city hall built in 1615–1624 by Elias Holl is a major example of Renaissance architecture in Germany. The Golden Hall (Goldener Saal, carefully reconstructed after World War II destruction) is in the 2nd storey and has a small entrance fee.
Augsburg Town Hall is the administrative centre of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, and one of the most significant secular buildings of the Renaissance style north of the Alps. It was designed and built by Elias Holl, Stadtbaumeister, in 1615–1624. Due to its historic and cultural importance, it is protected by the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
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Haus der Knotenlöserin
Small Romanesque church beside the town hall, one of the oldest complete sacred buildings left in Augsburg. Pilgrims come for the painting 'Mary Undoer of Knots' (Maria Knotenlöserin, c. 1700, Johann Georg Melchior Schmidtner) — Pope Francis popularised a copy in Buenos Aires. The church is step-free; the Perlachturm next door is a separate climb.
Perlachturm is a 70-m-tall tower and a landmark of Augsburg’s old town, alongside the adjacent Town Hall.
Augsburg is known for having one of the biggest and most beautiful Christmas markets. It usually starts the last weekend in November and closes on 24 December. Make sure to go to Rathausplatz and the surrounding areas hosting this market if you are in Augsburg in December. Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 18:00 the Engelesspiel takes place where 24 people dressed as angels appear in front of the town hall (Rathaus). Make sure to try the Glühwein (mulled wine). You can also get a bottle as a souvenir. For food, there are many stalls selling German fast food like Bratwurst or Schupfnudeln.
The birthplace of the writer Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956).
Moritzkirche
Parish church founded in 1019, rebuilt after fire, collapse and wartime damage. The interior people come for is new: London architect John Pawson stripped it back in 2010–13 to stone, wood and light (Cistercian-plain, not Baroque). Weekday Mass 12:15; Saturday vigil 18:00. Stay out during services if you only want the architecture.
Weavers’ House
Former weavers’ guild house. The 1389 original was the centre of Augsburg’s cloth trade until the guilds were dissolved; the painted guild parlour is now in Munich’s Bayerisches Nationalmuseum. What you see is a 1913 replacement (Otto Holzer), rebuilt after 1944 and after a 2004 fire. The façade paintings (Otto Michael Schmitt, 1959/60, later renewed) are the point - look from the square, don’t expect a public interior. The Merkur fountain beside it is part of the UNESCO water-management site.