Tour Locations | Medieval Augsburg: The Fame and Fortune of Jakob Fugger

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LOCATION 1
Tram Stop Königsplatz
Hello and welcome to this tour around Augsburg. I will properly introduce myself while we walk, but first, let me briefly explain how VoiceMap works.
VoiceMap uses your location to play audio au...
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LOCATION 2
Staatstheater
Before we cross the rails again and continue straight, look straight ahead along Fuggerstraße. At the end of the street, you can see the "Großes Haus", a Neo-Renaissance building, which houses the ...
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LOCATION 3
Gögginger Tor
On your right, you can see a fountain with the statue of a girl standing in the water. In Winter, you might find that there is no water and a wooden box is covering the statue. Please sit down on t...
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LOCATION 4
Annahof
Do you see the signpost pointing to the church of St Anna? Turn right here and walk straight ahead.
[3-second pause]
Annahof, or Anna's Yard, is a haven of peace in this otherwise bustling ci...
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LOCATION 5
St Anna
You are right next to the Church of St Anna, it's on your left. Please stop here while I tell you about it. You may want to sit down on the bench that is built around a tree. Just make sure you fac...
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LOCATION 6
Fugger Chapel in St Anna
Please pause the recoding now, and resume once you are right in front of the Fugger Chapel.
[3-second pause]
My brothers, Ulrich and Georg, and I had planned this chapel to be our crypt.
D...
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LOCATION 7
Annastraße
Turn left here and walk down Annastraße, keeping to the right side of the street.
As you are walking, you can see a fountain on your right, which is dedicated to the guild of goldsmiths.
Carr...
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LOCATION 8
Bartholomäus Welser
On your right, the building right after the butcher shop displays a plaque in memory of Bartholomäus Welser, who lived in this place in the early 1500s.
You need to look up to the second floor t...
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LOCATION 9
Cattle Market
The area you are walking on here, behind you as well as in front of you, used to be the cattle market. It was one of the busiest areas of medieval Augsburg.
When we get to the department store a...
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LOCATION 10
Golden Scriptorium
Before you reach the café "Il Vicolo" , make a quick stop and look up on your right. What you see there is a replica of the bay windows that belonged to my famous "Golden Scriptorium".
The offic...
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LOCATION 11
Hay Market
We have circumnavigated my house now. Again, you can see our crest above the entrance to the department store on your right.
We are now in the former hay market and you can see that our new repr...
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LOCATION 12
Welserhaus - Philippine
We are passing another house of the Welser family here, on your left, number 13, just after the clothing shop.
While I tell you about the house, let’s continue walking up to the Fugger memorial ...
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LOCATION 13
Weberhaus - Weaver's Guild
With the Weaver's Guild house still on your left, you can see an arcade across the street. When you look up, you can thee the church of St. Moritz.
Continue straight, carefully cross the street ...
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LOCATION 14
Church of St Moritz
When you come out of the arcade, turn left onto Moritzplatz where you can find the main entrance to the church on your left.
It is up to you whether we go inside. There is only one significant s...
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LOCATION 15
Roman Museum - former Dominikan Monastery Church of Saint Magdalena
Keep going straight.
To your right, you can see the Roman Museum. It is located in the former church of St Magdalena, which belonged to a Dominican monastery that existed here in my day. Our fa...
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LOCATION 16
City Palace- Entrance
And finally, we are here, at my City Palace! The place is also referred to as Fuggerhäuser or Fugger Houses.
The whole block was ours. It may not look like a palace from here - this is because w...
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LOCATION 17
Serenade Yard
You are now entering the first yard, the so-called Serenade Yard. Please stop when you are halfway through the yard.
[3-second pause]
There are four yards in between the five houses that comp...
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LOCATION 18
Maids' Yard and Ladies' Yard
The small yard you are entering now is known as the Maids' Yard. Obviously, this yard was for recreation, not for business.
You may need to walk back a few steps to where you entered the yard. F...
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LOCATION 19
Via Claudia and Wine Market
Great, you've made it across. Before we move on, please look back at my beautiful palace. You can see the full front facade now, it's impressive 60 meters long. From here it does look much more lik...
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LOCATION 20
Mercury's Fountain
Please stop at the fountain and take out your magic device once again, so you can interrupt me when I talk too much.
You may want to sit down while I talk about places that you can see from here...
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LOCATION 21
The Second Fugger House
Stop here for just a moment, please.
Look to your right at number 21. Can you see the plaque to the right of the entrance, which commemorates my father, me, and my nephew Anton? This is the sit...
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LOCATION 22
Town Hall
Look straight ahead, you can see the Town Hall on the right.
The Town Hall was erected in the early 1600s, well after my time when the Renaissance had already passed its peak in Germany. Never... -
LOCATION 23
Rathausplatz - Town Hall Square
The square you are in now is called Townhall Square. In my days, there was no square here, just a network of alleys.
Please take out your magic device for the last time now.
Before I continue...
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LOCATION 24
Epilogue: My Own Story
Allow me to lead you back to our starting point while I wrap up my story.
From here continue straight along Hay Market past my house and up to the Fugger statue.
You already know in which hou...
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LOCATION 25
Epilogue Part 2
We are at Jakob’s statue again. Let’s keep right this time and continue up to a T-junction.
Our family founded multiple factories mainly in southern Germany, Austria and Italy. Sometimes they we...
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LOCATION 26
Epiloque Part 3
When we reach the T-junction St Anna is right in front of us. Let's turn left here.
The bond that was created then with the House of Habsburg would hold for generations, from Friedrich to his so...
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LOCATION 27
Epilogue Part 4
You can see the tram stop right ahead of you. Be careful when crossing the rails.
Around that time I bought more copper mines in Austria from Maximilian, who always needed money. You may wonder ...
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LOCATION 28
The End
We have reached our final stop now. Before I bid you farewell though, please give me a final five minutes to finish my story.
When I was 38 years old, my mother Barbara died, Ulrich became the h...