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Popular Off the Beaten Path | Other Off the Beaten Path Tips | All Tips (19) This relief portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is on the outside of a building in the Ludwigstraße, behind the Augsburg Theater.
In earlier times there was an inn here called the White Lamb (Gasthof zum Weissen Lamm). The great German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe stayed here from the 16th to the 19th of March, 1790, which is why his relief portrait is on the building, too.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stayed here for two weeks in October 1777, when he was 21 years old. He gave several concerts during that visit, and had his first erotic adventures with his cousin "Bäsle," to whom he later wrote a famous series of racy letters.
He stayed here again for one night in October 1790, a little over a year before his death at the age of 35. Leave a Comment
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The stage door of the Augsburg Theater is around on the west side of the building, towards the back.
Bertolt Brecht's first wife (the first one he was officially married to) was an opera singer named Marianne Zoff, who often performed in Augsburg. Brecht met her by going around to her dressing room after a performance and introducing himself.
They were married in 1922 and divorced in 1927. Leave a Comment
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This open-air venue for operas, operettas, musicals and other events was first built in 1929. There is seating here in the amphitheater for about 2000 people.
In the summer of 2005 the Augsburg Theater will present numerous open-air performances of the operetta Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron), by Johann Strauß.
In 2003 and 2004 their summer production was the opera Carmen, by Georges Bizet.
The tower in the background is called the Red Tower (Das Rote Tor) and was once part of the city fortifications of Augsburg. Leave a Comment
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The Synagogue was built during the First World War, from 1914 to 1917. In addition to being a house of worship, it also houses the Museum of Jewish Culture.
Opening hours are Tuesday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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This Music University was formerly called the "Leopold Mozart Conservatory." It was founded in 1873 as the Augsburg Music School and belonged to the city for many years, before being taken over by the state of Bavaria and raised to the status of a university.
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This cathedral consists of two very different-looking parts. The photo shows part of the high white Baroque east wing, but when I approached it from the other side I didn't even think it was the same building, since the west wing is lower and made out of bricks.
In the square in front of the cathedral some remains of buildings from Roman times are on display. Leave a Comment
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Senkelbach is one of the canals of Augsburg; my host-family lived in a street near it. The other canals are the Lech and the Wertach.
This canal system was very important for the economic development of Augsburg in the past ages. Leave a Comment
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Most people visiting Augsburg are too busy with looking at all the churches and museums... they totally forget about the most beautiful place in Augsburg, which is the Siebentischwald... It is a great place to hike and sniff the fresh air.
Check out my travelogue of the landart my school made in the Siebentischwald... Leave a Comment
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The map is of the area south of Augsburg and Munchen. Wonderful area and it is what most Americans think of when they think of Germany. Leave a Comment
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The Augsburg architect Elias Holl contributed a number of fine buildings to his hometown, before being forced to resign his offical position because of his protestant faith ...
Some of his great works are the splendid town hall (it was built between 1616 and 1620) and the Perlach tower.
And this are only some of the plenty interesting buildings which can been seen in the old city centre of Augsburg .....
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