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Augsburg

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Augs·burg  (ôgzbûrg, ouksbrk)
A city of southern Germany west-northwest of Munich. Founded by Augustus as a Roman garrison c. 14 b.c., it was a major commercial and banking center in the 15th and 16th centuries. Population: 263,000.
Augsburg (German) [ˈauksbʊrk]
n
(Placename) a city in S Germany, in Bavaria: founded by the Romans in 14 bc; site of the diet that produced the Peace of Augsburg (1555), which ended the struggles between Lutherans and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire and established the principle that each ruler should determine the form of worship in his lands. Pop.: 254 400 (1999 est.) Roman name Augusta Vindelicorum [aʊˈguːstə vɪnˈdɛlɪˌkəʊrəm]


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Paris, 27; Glasgow, 27; London, 28; Vienna, 28; Augsburg, 28; Braunschweig, 28; K:onigsberg, 29; Cologne, 29; Dresden, 29; Hamburg, 29; Berlin, 30; Bombay, 30; Warsaw, 31; Breslau, 31; Odessa, 32; Munich, 33; Strasburg, 33, Pesth, 35; Cassel, 35; Lisbon, 36; Liverpool, 36; Prague, 37; Madras, 37; Bucharest, 39; St.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
I took a house in a town near Augsburg, and then joined these pilgrims, who are in the habit of coming to Spain in great numbers every year to visit the shrines there, which they look upon as their Indies and a sure and certain source of gain.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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