Augsburg was the birthplace of Leopold Mozart and the location, we are told, of his wunderkind son’s sexual awakening at the age of 14 – with his cousin known as Bäsle. It was among the first places ...

Old Augsburg gets prettier with age. Founded in 15 B.C. by Roman soldiers, Augsburg at age 2,002 behaves like a teenager dressed to go to the prom. Buildings, churches, shops and homes in this frie… ...

Behind a locked door at the back of St. Ulrich’s Basilica in Augsburg is a small winding staircase which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart climbed in 1777 to play the 16 century organ.

Augsburg might not be the most familiar Bavarian city to Americans, but it packs a wallop in terms of visitor attractions. About an hour's drive north of Munich, the city was founded by Romans in ...

The third-largest city in Bavaria, Augsburg is the only German city with its own legal holiday, Augsburger Friedensfest (the Peace Festival), celebrated every year on Aug. 8.