Kurzbeschreibung
The beauty of Augsburg has been renowned since time immemorial its mediaeval character, the splendour of the Renaissance, the spaciousness of Maximilianstraße the finest street in Germany. Colourful, varied, multifaceted, this book presents the 2000-year-old city, and its many beauties those already familiar and those that the tourist (and often even the native) passes by without heed. Readers who would like to get to know the attractions of Augsburg while also catching a glimpse behind the stately façades, who would like to know more and see more, are invited to discover a beautiful city. The journey of discovery is made easy by clearly structured and richly illustrated chapters: Whether the Cathedral or Lech districts, Maximilianstraße or the Puppenkiste the content is clearly structured and accessible. For orientation, some chapters are accompanied by detail maps with illustrations and brief descriptions of the main points of interest. An overall street plan is enclosed separately. The essays by our authors (all of whom are insiders and authorities in their field) provide more than just a description of the main attractions. All, whether born in the area or newcomers, have a special relationship with this city and its rich history and culture, its people and its quality of life. This book thus provides more than just tourist information, more than just well-informed city histories or reflections on art and culture. Seen as a whole, these articles give a sense of something that is otherwise difficult to capture, the special Augsburg feeling. Defiant nostalgia blends with historically aware responsibility, civic values lying somewhere between the phlegmatic and a tradition of political freedom are reconciled with an outward-looking urbanity, inborn Swabian shrewdness connects with a tolerance that has also been handed down through generations. All that together results in the urban intimacy that the poet Thomas Mann valued so much in Augsburg. This Augsburg feeling has permeated this book and the long process of its creation, the discussions with authors and employees, whom the publishers would like to thank warmly at the end of the journey. In Augsburg Cityscapes, fellow citizens will have the special delight of recognising their home town as an urbane feeling, and of seeing the beauties of Augsburg from unfamiliar points of view. We wish visitors looking for something more than just tourist information the pleasures of newly discovering a beautiful city and its mysteries.