Augsburg

American

[awgz-burg, ouks-boork] / ˈɔgz bɜrg, ˈaʊks bʊərk /

noun

a city in Bavaria, in S Germany.

Augsburg British

/ ˈauksbʊrk /

noun

Roman name: Augusta Vindelicorum. 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: 259 217 (2003 est)

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Holbein was born to a family of artists in Augsburg, now in southern Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Take Augsburg fans before their fixture against Heidenheim on Sunday.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Elsewhere, Augsburg beat St Pauli 2-1 and Werder Bremen's Keke Topp snatched a point with a splendid late goal at home in a 1-1 draw with Borussia Moenchengladbach.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane said his side were "punished" for a lack of energy in Saturday's shock 2-1 loss to Augsburg, their first Bundesliga defeat since March.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

He visited Wittenburg once more, then Basle, before settling for a spell in Augsburg, early in 1569, and beginning a series of observations there.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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