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Bundesstraße 17
The Bundesstraße 17 (abbr. B17) is a German federal highway, running some 110 kilometres from Gersthofen to the Austrian border near Füssen, along the Lech river. From north to south; it passes through cities such as Augsburg, Landsberg am Lech, Schongau, Peiting, Steingaden and Schwangau. It corresponds to a long portion of the Romantic Road and overlaps the ancient Roman road Via Claudia Augusta The Via Claudia Augusta is an ancient Roman road, which linked the valley of the Po River with Rhaetia (encompassing parts of modern Eastern Switzerland, Northern Italy, Western Austria, Southern Germany and all of Liechtenstein) across the Alp .... Exit list References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bundesstrasse 17 Roads in Bavaria 0017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total land area of Germany, and with over 13.08 million inhabitants, it is the list of German states by population, second most populous German state, behind only North Rhine-Westphalia; however, due to its large land area, its population density is list of German states by population density, below the German average. Major cities include Munich (its capital and List of cities in Bavaria by population, largest city, which is also the list of cities in Germany by population, third largest city in Germany), Nuremberg, and Augsburg. The history of Bavaria includes its earliest settlement by Iron Age Celts, Celtic tribes, followed by the conquests of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC, when the territory was incorporated into the provinces of Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augsburg-Oberhausen
Oberhausen ( Swabian: ''Oberhause'') is one of the seventeen '' Planungsräume'' (English: Planning district, singular ''Planungsraum'') of the city of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. Located in the northern portion of the city, it is home to 29,044 residents as of December 31, 2022, making it one of the larger planning districts in terms of population. Contained within Oberhausen are five ''Stadtbezirke'' (English: ward, singular ''Stadtbezirk.'') The second largest river in Augsburg, the Wertach, flows through Oberhausen. Location Oberhausen is bordered on the east by the Lech, the largest river in Augsburg. Oberhausen is bordered on the west by the Bärenkeller and Kriegshaber Planning districts. The district's northern border is the municipal limit of Augsburg, and the southern border is with the Innenstadt planning district, and the two are separated by a railway line. Characterization Oberhausen is a multicultural district which has the highest proportion of residents of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloverleaf Interchange
A cloverleaf interchange is a two-level interchange (road), interchange in which all turns are handled by slip roads. To go left (in right-hand traffic; reverse directions in left-driving regions), vehicles first continue as one road passes over or under the other, then exit right onto a one-way three-quarter loop ramp (270°) and merge onto the intersecting road. The objective of a cloverleaf is to allow two highways to cross without the need for any traffic to be stopped by traffic lights. The limiting factor in the capacity of a cloverleaf interchange is traffic weaving. Overview Cloverleaf interchanges, viewed from overhead or on maps, resemble the leaf, leaves of a four-leaf clover or less often a 3-leaf clover. In the United States, cloverleaf interchanges existed long before the Interstate highway, Interstate system. They were originally created for busier interchanges that the original diamond interchange system could not handle. Their chief advantage was that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botanischer Garten Augsburg
The Botanischer Garten Augsburg (10 hectares) is a municipal botanical garden located at Dr.-Ziegenspeck-Weg 10, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged. Today the garden contains a large Japanese garden, a medicinal plant garden, rose garden, and a crop garden. All told, it includes over 3100 species and varieties of perennials, wild herbs, grasses, and ferns, with 280 species and varieties of roses, about 1200 species and varieties of plants under glass, and more than one million onion plants. Other points of interest include cacti, euphorbia, and succulent In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...s, as well as a sage garden and climbing plants. See also * List of botanical gardens in Germany References Botanischer Garten Augsbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augsburg Zoo
Augsburg Zoo is a zoo located in the city of Augsburg in Bavaria, Germany, and with over 600,000 visitors annually, the zoo belongs to the 20 largest Zoos in Germany. Augsburg Zoo holds 1,600 animals belonging to 300 different species. Of those animals, the zoo keeps 100 reptiles and amphibians from 25 species. The zoo is involved in the 18 European Endangered Species Programmes. History As early as 800, the town of Augsburg had tropical species of animals within its borders, when Emperor Charlemagne placed his Asian elephant Abul-Abbas in Augsburg., citing Hodges, Richard. (cf. ) An elephant was a gift to the emperor from the caliph Ar-Rashid, and was walked from Italy through Achen Pass to Germany, and later walked to Augsburg where the emperor preferred to keep his elephant. In 1410, an enclosure for deer was established at the city wall; these deer were shot by French soldiers in 1796 during the War of the First Coalition. Later on, the ''Park der deutschen Tierwelt'' wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Augsburg
The University of Augsburg () is a university located in the Universitätsviertel section of Augsburg, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized in 8 Faculties. The University of Augsburg is a relatively young campus university with approx. 18,000 students in October 2012. About 14% of its students come from foreign countries, a larger percentage than at comparable German universities. In October 2011 Sabine Doering Manteuffel succeeded Alois Loidl as rector of the university. She is the first female rector of a Bavarian university. Organisation The university is divided into 8 faculties: * Faculty of Economics and Business (founded 1970) * Faculty of Law (founded 1971) * Faculty of Catholic Theology (founded 1971) * Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences (founded 1972) * Faculty of History and Philology (founded 1972) * Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (founded 1981) * Faculty oApplied Computer Science(founded 2003) * Faculty of Medicine (founded 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedberg, Bavaria
Friedberg () is a Town#Germany, town in the district Aichach-Friedberg, Bavaria, Germany, with some 30,000 inhabitants. It is located next to Augsburg at the river Lech (river), Lech. The town was founded in the 13th century in order to collect a toll from people using the bridge across the Lech. The town lies almost entirely on the western edge of the hills along the Lechleite, where the river Lech has formed a wide bed from glacial melt water. History Settlements in the area of Friedberg can be traced to Roman times through archeological findings of pottery and brickworks in the Hügelshart, Rohrbach (dating from the last third of the 3rd Century AD), Stätzling (late 3rd Century to 4th Century AD) and Wulfertshausen districts. The town is mentioned in historical documents for the first time in letter of protection from Conrad of the House of Hohenstaufen together with Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, Duke Ludwig II, also called ''"the Strict"'', of Bavaria and the Burghers of Augsb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augsburg-Göggingen
Göggingen is one of the list of civic divisions of Augsburg, 17 ''Planungsräume'' (English: Planning district, singular ''Planungsraum'') of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. The Planungsraum is made up of three ''Stadtbezirke'' (English: wards, singular ''Stadtbezirk''), the 37th, 38th and 40th Stadtbezirke, which are named Göggingen-Nordwest (Northwest), Göggingen-Nordost (Northeast) and Göggingen-Süd (South), respectively. Located in the western part of Augsburg, Göggingen is numbered as the 14th Planungsraum and has an area of 10.79 km2 (4.17 mi2). As of January 1, 2006, the population is estimated to be 17,722. Location Göggingen is located between the Singold and Wertach (river), Wertach rivers, and is bordered to the north by the Planungsräume of Augsburg-Pfersee, Pfersee and Augsburg-Antonsviertel, Antonsviertel. This area was already growing along with the city center of Augsburg as early as the 19th century. Göggingen is bordered on the east by the Augsburg-Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadtbergen
Stadtbergen ( Swabian: ''Staberga'') is a town in the district of Augsburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the outskirts of Augsburg Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a College town, university town and the regional seat of the Swabia (administrative region), Swabia with a well ..., west of Augsburg city centre. Stadtbergen was granted town privileges in May 2007. Mayors * Ludwig Fink (SPD): 1992-2011 * Paul Metz (CSU): since October 2011 Local council The town council has 24 seats. The elections in 2014 showed the following results: * CSU: 11 seats * SPD: 7 seats * Freie Wähler (Free voters): 1 seat * PRO Stadtbergen: 2 seats * Alliance '90/The Greens: 3 seats References Augsburg (district) {{Augsburgdistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memmingen
Memmingen (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Memmenge'') is a town in Swabia (Bavaria), Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is the economic, educational and administrative centre of the Danube-Iller region. To the west the town is flanked by the Iller, the river that marks the Baden-Württemberg border. To the north, east and south the town is surrounded by the district of Unterallgäu (Lower Allgäu). With about 42,000 inhabitants, Memmingen is the 5th biggest town in the administrative region of Swabia. The origins of the town go back to the Roman Empire. The old town, with its many courtyards, castles and patricians' houses, palaces and fortifications is one of the best preserved in southern Germany. With good transport links by road, rail and air, it is the transport hub for Swabia, Upper Swabia and Swabia, Central Swabia, and the Allgäu. Due to its proximity to the Allgäu region, Memmingen is often called the Gateway to the Allgäu (''Tor zum Allgäu''). The town motto is ''Memminge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augsburg Hospital
University Hospital Augsburg (''Universitätsklinikum Augsburg'') is with about 1,750 beds one of the largest medical centers in Germany located in Augsburg. It is a teaching hospital of the Universität Augsburg and the only hospital of maximal care in Swabia (Bavaria). The hospital has two locations in Augsburg. The location in the Stenglinstraße (Kriegshaber) and the location in the Sauerbruchstraße (Haunstetten). The University Hospital Augsburg comprises a total of 23 clinics and three institutes, as well as other medical treatment areas and centers. More than 6,000 employees, including around 900 doctors and around 2,500 nurses, work for the health of patients. On January 1, 2019, the municipal enterprise Klinikum Augsburg became the University Hospital Augsburg in the sponsorship of the State of Bavaria. Since that moment, the hospital serves the education of students of the medical faculty of the University of Augsburg. Until then, it was an academic teaching hospital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neusäß
Neusäß (; ), also given in English as Neusaess, is a town in the District of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. The town lies on the Schmutter river and borders the city of Augsburg. , the city had 22,164 inhabitants.Municipality of Neusäß(German). Retrieved 6 March 2019. Town districts * Alt-Neusäß * Hainhofen * Hammel * Westheim * Schlipsheim * Täfertingen * Ottmarshausen * Steppach History Neusaess is a union from 8 formerly independent villages, which united in the years 1972 and 1977, in order to avoid the threatening incorporation by Augsburg. Since 2014, Richard Greiner ( Christian Social Union of Bavaria, CSU) has been mayor of Neusäß. Attractions * Pilgrimage church Maria Loreto on the Kobel (Westheim) * Schloss Hainhofen * Schloss Hamel * Bismarckturm (Steppach) * Titania hot springs * Schmutter Twin towns — Sister cities Neusäß is twinned with: * Cusset, France * Eksjö, Sweden * Markkleeberg, Germany * Bracciano, Italy Italy, officially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
