Augsburg & surroundings cycle map: BAY15(Radkarten)

Aichach - Dachau - Fürstenfeldbruck - Landsberg/Lech - Romantische Straße - Via Claudia Augusta Augsburg was already 15 BC. Founded under Emperor Augustus and is therefore the oldest city in Bavaria and the second oldest city in Germany. For more than 400 years Augsburg - under the name of Augusta Vincelicorum - was the capital of the Roman province of Rätien. During this period, Augsburg, “the German Florence”, was one of the most important cities in the world, which can still be seen in the many Renaissance buildings in the city today. Great wealth came to the city with the Fuggers, from which the arts and science also benefited. Due to the Schmalkaldic War and the Thirty Years' War, Augsburg lost a lot of its splendor and wealth, as well as its independence. In 1806 the city fell to the Bavarian kingdom. Today, Augsburg, with around 270,000 inhabitants, is the third largest city in Bavaria, a university town and also an important business location ("environmental competence center"). The government of Swabia is based in Augsburg. Many tourists from all over the world visit the city because of its exhibitions, museums, the Fuggerei or because of the Mozart and Brecht houses. Swabia's only nature park "Augsburg-Westliche Bäume" borders on the western city limits of Augsburg, which lies in a varied landscape between the Danube and the foothills of the Alps and is characterized by the events of the Ice Age. Three large areas can be delimited in the nature park: The "Stauden" in the south are characterized by gently wooded hills and beautiful brook valleys. In the center of the nature park there is a wide basin, the Reischenau. To the north of this is the Holzwinkel, a densely wooded hilly landscape that stretches on both sides of the Zusam valley. Also worth mentioning is the "Rauhe Forst", a large contiguous forest landscape north-east of the Stauden. Of particular attraction is the wealth of historically interesting monuments. Due to the turbulent history of the area, you will find numerous testimonies from a wide variety of cultures, mostly of Celtic and Roman origin. Even more impressive are the castles from the last few centuries, which were mainly built by the wealthy Fuggers. The church buildings are no less worth seeing, the Oberschönenfeld monastery in the Schwarzachtal being particularly noteworthy. Cycle paths and routes with information about surface and traffic density. Selected street names. Precise gradient and distance information. Selection of the most important tourist information. Waterproof and tear-resistant paper. Thoroughly researched and permanently updated. With the cartographic route information you can start your trip confidently, because all the necessary information is already compiled for you: road surface (paved or unpaved), traffic density, hill slopes, distance information tourist infrastructure such as inns and lodging establishments, as well as the cultural and scenic attractions of the region.