REGIO
AUGSBURG
TOURISMUS
THE CITY OF REFORMATION
Augsburg – historic sites of the Reformation
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A walking tour through Augsburg, City of Reformation
1 Church of St. Anna – The adjoining Carmelite monastery was
the focal point of the Reformation in Augsburg. Luther stayed
here in 1518, during his confrontation with Cardinal Cajetan. The
West Choir contains the burial chapel of the Fugger Family. At
the Christmas Service of 1525, the Holy Communion was first
observed “according to both rites”. From 1634 to 1648, only
open-air Protestant services were allowed and held in the inner
courtyard. After 1730 center of Pietistic
movement (Samuel Urlsperger). Organ
Music an Saturdays at 11:30 a.m.
3 Church of St. Ulric and Afra – Dedicated to St. Afra, early
Christian martyr (about 300 A.D) and to St. Ulric, exemplary bishop
and Prince of the Empire who, in 955, achieved a decisive victory
over the Hungarian invaders. The former Chapter hall of the
monastery is now the Protestant Church of St. Ulric. Oriented at
right angle to the basilica,
if exemplifies good
ecumenical neighborhood.
5 The old Gothic Town Hall – Until 1615 it occupied the site of
today’s town hall designed and constructed by Elias Holl. Here,
on September 25, 1555, the “Augsburger Religionsfriede” (the
Augsburg Contract of Religious Peace) was proclaimed. This
was a first step toward the “Augsburger Parität”, an understanding which established religious quantitave parity between the
religious groups and which, in the period between 1650 and 1803,
marked the end of confrontations and led toward peaceful
coexistence and creative competition.
7 Saint Jacob’s Church – Founded in 1348, it is the former
point of assembly for the faithful setting out on the Pilgrimage
of St. Jacob’s.
The gothic
chancel of the
Jakob’s church.
Both Ulric’s churches
on the southern end of
the Augsburg Maximilianstrasse.
Barfüsser Church – In 1221, the first emissaries of Saint
Francis settled in Augsburg, with the first church erected in 1243.
The first Protestant service was held in 1524. Over several decades,
this was the center of Augsburg Meistersinger (“Master Singers”,
organized by the craftsmen’s guilds). Since 1649 it has been a
parish church. Bertolt Brecht was baptized and confirmed here.
The cloister contains the
Chapel of the Community
of the Casteller Ring (“The
Castell Circle”) of Schwanberg. Hourly prayers are
offered at 7 a.m., 12.15 p.m.,
6 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.. The
adjacent tearoom welcomes
tourists.
6
Maximilianstrasse 36/38 – In this town palace, newly
constructed by merchant Jacob Fugger between 1512 and 1515,
the disputation between Cajetan and Luther took place in 1518,
from October 12 through 18. Luther maintained that his conscience
was solely bound by the Word of God. Thus, the debates proved
futile and resulted in the Church schism. In 1548, Tizian portrayed
Emperor Charles V as victor over the Protestants.
4 Protestant Cemetery – Haunstetterstrasse (streetcar line 4),
in use since 1534/1648. Tombs of Elias Holl (upper wall), of the
Stetten and Schaezler Families, of Bertolt Brecht’s parents
(south-east corner), and others. It was here
that, for six months in 1732, Samuel Urlsperger
held open-air services to the “Exulanten”
(exiles) from Salzburg, until, on June 14, they
were admitted into the town.
The Fugger buildings:
Here Luther and
Cajetan negotiated.
At the Protestant
cemetery: Augsburg’s
city architect Elias
Holl was buried
here too.
2
The east chancel, reconstructed after destruction
in World War II, of the
former mighty Barfüsser
church.
11 Fronhof (Interior Courtyard of the Bishop’s Palace) – In the
former Episcopal Palace of which only the tower remains intact,
the “Confessio Augustana” (the “Augsburg Confession”) was
proclaimed, in German language, on June 25, 1530 by the
Chancellor of Saxony, Dr. Christian Beyer, in the presence of
Emperor Charles V, the Princes of the Empire, and the members
of the Imperial Diet, while the jubilant Protestant populace stood
outside, listening in front of the open conference hall windows.
Almost exactly twelve years prior to this, Albrecht Dürer
portrayed Emperor Maximilian I at this location.
In an earlier building
of the baroque
Bishop’s Palace
at the Fronhof,
the Augsburg
Confession was
read aloud in the
year 1530.
Protestant preaching took place
from time to time
in the Augsburg
Dom (cathedral).
The Augsburg
Renaissance City
Hall (next to it the
Perlach Tower).
The monastery
belonging to the
St. Anna church
was a starting point
of the Reformation.
9 The Cathedral “Mariae Heimsuchung” – (“Visitation of the
Holy Virgin”) – Constructed on the foundations of a Roman
church edifice. Adjacent to the southerly façade, early Christian
period excavations. The canons Oekolampad (1518) and Urbanus
Rhegius (1520) became leading figures of the reformational
movement not only in Augsburg, but far beyond. After the fruitless
disputation with Cajetan, Luther’s officially certified “Appeal
regarding the ill-informed Pope and directed to the Pope who
is in need of better information” was publicly exposed and
affixed to the Cathedral portal. Between 1537 and 1547 the
Cathedral Chapter sought refuge from the Reformation in
Dillingen. During this period, Protestant services were held
in the Cathedral (by Wolfgang Musculus and others). In 1559
the Jesuit Petrus Canisius was head of the Cathedral Chapter.
8 At the Gallus Chapel – (“Down That Way”) – Near this spot,
Luther surreptitiously left Augsburg by way of a small gate in
the city wall which friends opened for him, after Cajetan had
threatened to put him under arrest.
Peutingerstrasse 11 – Here, on October 9, 1518, Luther was
the house guest of Conrad Peutinger, the eminent and influential
humanist and politician. In the courtyard,
remnants of Peutinger’s collection of
antique sculptured stone.
10
At the Gallus church
visitors find a small
slab which makes
remembrance of the
episode surrounding
the “Da Hinab”
(“Down That Way”)
very likely a legend.
12 The Protestant Church Heilig-Kreuz
(Holy Cross) – The structure was razed
in 1630 (Edict of Restitution – CounterReformation) and rebuilt in 1653, thanks to
major contributions from Queen Christina
of Sweden, daughter of King Gustavus
Adolphus.
The Protestant church
Heilig-Kreuz was rebuilt
with donations from the
Swedish queen and the
Danish king.
The residential
building of the great
humanist in the
Peutingerstrasse
near the Dom.
A walking tour through Augsburg, City of Reformation
1 Church of St. Anna – The adjoining Carmelite monastery was
the focal point of the Reformation in Augsburg. Luther stayed
here in 1518, during his confrontation with Cardinal Cajetan. The
West Choir contains the burial chapel of the Fugger Family. At
the Christmas Service of 1525, the Holy Communion was first
observed “according to both rites”. From 1634 to 1648, only
open-air Protestant services were allowed and held in the inner
courtyard. After 1730 center of Pietistic
movement (Samuel Urlsperger). Organ
Music an Saturdays at 11:30 a.m.
3 Church of St. Ulric and Afra – Dedicated to St. Afra, early
Christian martyr (about 300 A.D) and to St. Ulric, exemplary bishop
and Prince of the Empire who, in 955, achieved a decisive victory
over the Hungarian invaders. The former Chapter hall of the
monastery is now the Protestant Church of St. Ulric. Oriented at
right angle to the basilica,
if exemplifies good
ecumenical neighborhood.
5 The old Gothic Town Hall – Until 1615 it occupied the site of
today’s town hall designed and constructed by Elias Holl. Here,
on September 25, 1555, the “Augsburger Religionsfriede” (the
Augsburg Contract of Religious Peace) was proclaimed. This
was a first step toward the “Augsburger Parität”, an understanding which established religious quantitave parity between the
religious groups and which, in the period between 1650 and 1803,
marked the end of confrontations and led toward peaceful
coexistence and creative competition.
7 Saint Jacob’s Church – Founded in 1348, it is the former
point of assembly for the faithful setting out on the Pilgrimage
of St. Jacob’s.
The gothic
chancel of the
Jakob’s church.
Both Ulric’s churches
on the southern end of
the Augsburg Maximilianstrasse.
Barfüsser Church – In 1221, the first emissaries of Saint
Francis settled in Augsburg, with the first church erected in 1243.
The first Protestant service was held in 1524. Over several decades,
this was the center of Augsburg Meistersinger (“Master Singers”,
organized by the craftsmen’s guilds). Since 1649 it has been a
parish church. Bertolt Brecht was baptized and confirmed here.
The cloister contains the
Chapel of the Community
of the Casteller Ring (“The
Castell Circle”) of Schwanberg. Hourly prayers are
offered at 7 a.m., 12.15 p.m.,
6 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.. The
adjacent tearoom welcomes
tourists.
6
Maximilianstrasse 36/38 – In this town palace, newly
constructed by merchant Jacob Fugger between 1512 and 1515,
the disputation between Cajetan and Luther took place in 1518,
from October 12 through 18. Luther maintained that his conscience
was solely bound by the Word of God. Thus, the debates proved
futile and resulted in the Church schism. In 1548, Tizian portrayed
Emperor Charles V as victor over the Protestants.
4 Protestant Cemetery – Haunstetterstrasse (streetcar line 4),
in use since 1534/1648. Tombs of Elias Holl (upper wall), of the
Stetten and Schaezler Families, of Bertolt Brecht’s parents
(south-east corner), and others. It was here
that, for six months in 1732, Samuel Urlsperger
held open-air services to the “Exulanten”
(exiles) from Salzburg, until, on June 14, they
were admitted into the town.
The Fugger buildings:
Here Luther and
Cajetan negotiated.
At the Protestant
cemetery: Augsburg’s
city architect Elias
Holl was buried
here too.
2
The east chancel, reconstructed after destruction
in World War II, of the
former mighty Barfüsser
church.
11 Fronhof (Interior Courtyard of the Bishop’s Palace) – In the
former Episcopal Palace of which only the tower remains intact,
the “Confessio Augustana” (the “Augsburg Confession”) was
proclaimed, in German language, on June 25, 1530 by the
Chancellor of Saxony, Dr. Christian Beyer, in the presence of
Emperor Charles V, the Princes of the Empire, and the members
of the Imperial Diet, while the jubilant Protestant populace stood
outside, listening in front of the open conference hall windows.
Almost exactly twelve years prior to this, Albrecht Dürer
portrayed Emperor Maximilian I at this location.
In an earlier building
of the baroque
Bishop’s Palace
at the Fronhof,
the Augsburg
Confession was
read aloud in the
year 1530.
Protestant preaching took place
from time to time
in the Augsburg
Dom (cathedral).
The Augsburg
Renaissance City
Hall (next to it the
Perlach Tower).
The monastery
belonging to the
St. Anna church
was a starting point
of the Reformation.
9 The Cathedral “Mariae Heimsuchung” – (“Visitation of the
Holy Virgin”) – Constructed on the foundations of a Roman
church edifice. Adjacent to the southerly façade, early Christian
period excavations. The canons Oekolampad (1518) and Urbanus
Rhegius (1520) became leading figures of the reformational
movement not only in Augsburg, but far beyond. After the fruitless
disputation with Cajetan, Luther’s officially certified “Appeal
regarding the ill-informed Pope and directed to the Pope who
is in need of better information” was publicly exposed and
affixed to the Cathedral portal. Between 1537 and 1547 the
Cathedral Chapter sought refuge from the Reformation in
Dillingen. During this period, Protestant services were held
in the Cathedral (by Wolfgang Musculus and others). In 1559
the Jesuit Petrus Canisius was head of the Cathedral Chapter.
8 At the Gallus Chapel – (“Down That Way”) – Near this spot,
Luther surreptitiously left Augsburg by way of a small gate in
the city wall which friends opened for him, after Cajetan had
threatened to put him under arrest.
Peutingerstrasse 11 – Here, on October 9, 1518, Luther was
the house guest of Conrad Peutinger, the eminent and influential
humanist and politician. In the courtyard,
remnants of Peutinger’s collection of
antique sculptured stone.
10
At the Gallus church
visitors find a small
slab which makes
remembrance of the
episode surrounding
the “Da Hinab”
(“Down That Way”)
very likely a legend.
12 The Protestant Church Heilig-Kreuz
(Holy Cross) – The structure was razed
in 1630 (Edict of Restitution – CounterReformation) and rebuilt in 1653, thanks to
major contributions from Queen Christina
of Sweden, daughter of King Gustavus
Adolphus.
The Protestant church
Heilig-Kreuz was rebuilt
with donations from the
Swedish queen and the
Danish king.
The residential
building of the great
humanist in the
Peutingerstrasse
near the Dom.
A walking tour through Augsburg, City of Reformation
1 Church of St. Anna – The adjoining Carmelite monastery was
the focal point of the Reformation in Augsburg. Luther stayed
here in 1518, during his confrontation with Cardinal Cajetan. The
West Choir contains the burial chapel of the Fugger Family. At
the Christmas Service of 1525, the Holy Communion was first
observed “according to both rites”. From 1634 to 1648, only
open-air Protestant services were allowed and held in the inner
courtyard. After 1730 center of Pietistic
movement (Samuel Urlsperger). Organ
Music an Saturdays at 11:30 a.m.
3 Church of St. Ulric and Afra – Dedicated to St. Afra, early
Christian martyr (about 300 A.D) and to St. Ulric, exemplary bishop
and Prince of the Empire who, in 955, achieved a decisive victory
over the Hungarian invaders. The former Chapter hall of the
monastery is now the Protestant Church of St. Ulric. Oriented at
right angle to the basilica,
if exemplifies good
ecumenical neighborhood.
5 The old Gothic Town Hall – Until 1615 it occupied the site of
today’s town hall designed and constructed by Elias Holl. Here,
on September 25, 1555, the “Augsburger Religionsfriede” (the
Augsburg Contract of Religious Peace) was proclaimed. This
was a first step toward the “Augsburger Parität”, an understanding which established religious quantitave parity between the
religious groups and which, in the period between 1650 and 1803,
marked the end of confrontations and led toward peaceful
coexistence and creative competition.
7 Saint Jacob’s Church – Founded in 1348, it is the former
point of assembly for the faithful setting out on the Pilgrimage
of St. Jacob’s.
The gothic
chancel of the
Jakob’s church.
Both Ulric’s churches
on the southern end of
the Augsburg Maximilianstrasse.
Barfüsser Church – In 1221, the first emissaries of Saint
Francis settled in Augsburg, with the first church erected in 1243.
The first Protestant service was held in 1524. Over several decades,
this was the center of Augsburg Meistersinger (“Master Singers”,
organized by the craftsmen’s guilds). Since 1649 it has been a
parish church. Bertolt Brecht was baptized and confirmed here.
The cloister contains the
Chapel of the Community
of the Casteller Ring (“The
Castell Circle”) of Schwanberg. Hourly prayers are
offered at 7 a.m., 12.15 p.m.,
6 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.. The
adjacent tearoom welcomes
tourists.
6
Maximilianstrasse 36/38 – In this town palace, newly
constructed by merchant Jacob Fugger between 1512 and 1515,
the disputation between Cajetan and Luther took place in 1518,
from October 12 through 18. Luther maintained that his conscience
was solely bound by the Word of God. Thus, the debates proved
futile and resulted in the Church schism. In 1548, Tizian portrayed
Emperor Charles V as victor over the Protestants.
4 Protestant Cemetery – Haunstetterstrasse (streetcar line 4),
in use since 1534/1648. Tombs of Elias Holl (upper wall), of the
Stetten and Schaezler Families, of Bertolt Brecht’s parents
(south-east corner), and others. It was here
that, for six months in 1732, Samuel Urlsperger
held open-air services to the “Exulanten”
(exiles) from Salzburg, until, on June 14, they
were admitted into the town.
The Fugger buildings:
Here Luther and
Cajetan negotiated.
At the Protestant
cemetery: Augsburg’s
city architect Elias
Holl was buried
here too.
2
The east chancel, reconstructed after destruction
in World War II, of the
former mighty Barfüsser
church.
11 Fronhof (Interior Courtyard of the Bishop’s Palace) – In the
former Episcopal Palace of which only the tower remains intact,
the “Confessio Augustana” (the “Augsburg Confession”) was
proclaimed, in German language, on June 25, 1530 by the
Chancellor of Saxony, Dr. Christian Beyer, in the presence of
Emperor Charles V, the Princes of the Empire, and the members
of the Imperial Diet, while the jubilant Protestant populace stood
outside, listening in front of the open conference hall windows.
Almost exactly twelve years prior to this, Albrecht Dürer
portrayed Emperor Maximilian I at this location.
In an earlier building
of the baroque
Bishop’s Palace
at the Fronhof,
the Augsburg
Confession was
read aloud in the
year 1530.
Protestant preaching took place
from time to time
in the Augsburg
Dom (cathedral).
The Augsburg
Renaissance City
Hall (next to it the
Perlach Tower).
The monastery
belonging to the
St. Anna church
was a starting point
of the Reformation.
9 The Cathedral “Mariae Heimsuchung” – (“Visitation of the
Holy Virgin”) – Constructed on the foundations of a Roman
church edifice. Adjacent to the southerly façade, early Christian
period excavations. The canons Oekolampad (1518) and Urbanus
Rhegius (1520) became leading figures of the reformational
movement not only in Augsburg, but far beyond. After the fruitless
disputation with Cajetan, Luther’s officially certified “Appeal
regarding the ill-informed Pope and directed to the Pope who
is in need of better information” was publicly exposed and
affixed to the Cathedral portal. Between 1537 and 1547 the
Cathedral Chapter sought refuge from the Reformation in
Dillingen. During this period, Protestant services were held
in the Cathedral (by Wolfgang Musculus and others). In 1559
the Jesuit Petrus Canisius was head of the Cathedral Chapter.
8 At the Gallus Chapel – (“Down That Way”) – Near this spot,
Luther surreptitiously left Augsburg by way of a small gate in
the city wall which friends opened for him, after Cajetan had
threatened to put him under arrest.
Peutingerstrasse 11 – Here, on October 9, 1518, Luther was
the house guest of Conrad Peutinger, the eminent and influential
humanist and politician. In the courtyard,
remnants of Peutinger’s collection of
antique sculptured stone.
10
At the Gallus church
visitors find a small
slab which makes
remembrance of the
episode surrounding
the “Da Hinab”
(“Down That Way”)
very likely a legend.
12 The Protestant Church Heilig-Kreuz
(Holy Cross) – The structure was razed
in 1630 (Edict of Restitution – CounterReformation) and rebuilt in 1653, thanks to
major contributions from Queen Christina
of Sweden, daughter of King Gustavus
Adolphus.
The Protestant church
Heilig-Kreuz was rebuilt
with donations from the
Swedish queen and the
Danish king.
The residential
building of the great
humanist in the
Peutingerstrasse
near the Dom.
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St. Anna Church (1), Fugger Palace (2), St. Ulric’s Church
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Roter Torwall
(3), Protestant Cemetery (4), Town Hall (5), Barfüsser
Church (6), St. Jacob’s Church (7), Fuggerei (7), Gallus
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Augsburg’s history will prove
to be an enjoyable experience.
Documents of the Reformation
show the “Luther staircase” in
the St. Anna church.
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Particularly worthy of your
attention is the permanent
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is available at the publication counters in each of the churches
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Tour 1 touches the most important locations within the Old Town,
including the world-famous Fuggerei and the nearby historic
Protestant Churches “Zu den Barfüssern” and St. Jacob.
(FR03) – 2 hours
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Stops along the Confessio-Road:
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In Article 4 Luther’s most crucial concern is raised. Here is
emphasized that mankind is redeemed through faith in the grace of
God alone (justification by faith), not by good works and certainly
not with purchased letters of indulgence. The unity of the church
was broken by this doctrine. The “Mutual Declaration of the
Doctrine of Justification” which was signed on October 31, 1999,
in the St. Anna church in Augsburg contributed significantly in
bringing the Catholic and Protestant Christians closer together.
Gerhard Strauss was born in Augsburg in 1926. As a pastor he
served a number of communities in Bavaria and led the preacher’s seminar in Bayreuth before becoming a member of the
Bavarian Protestant-Lutheran Church Council in Munich for
16 years. Strauss retired in 1991 and returned to Augsburg.
Here he composed various writings about the Reformation city.
Dr. Strauss died in Augsburg in 2001.
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st
ns
n
Gu
tze
Ga r t e
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Ka
pp
ße
K l ink
ße
Augsburg and the Maximilianstrasse by
night: Important impulses from this city
went out into the world.
un
ra
The “Confessio-Road”
brings you close to the
Confessio Augustana in
a unique way. It brings you
to places where the monk
Martin Luther was active
and to states of the
Reformation, a movement
which went from here
out into the world.
The “Confessio Augustana” demands,
• that priests may marry if they
so desire. A compulsory vow
of celibacy is against the will
of the creator (Article 23).
• that according to the foundation
Christ laid, members of the church
should be offered both the bread
and the wine of the Holy Communion
(Article 22).
• that worldly and clerical authority
In the Anna church: The
should always be separated;
portrait of Martin Luther
however, if a regiment teaches
painted by Lukas Cranach.
some injustice, whether worldly
or clerical, the people should not
obey it (Article 28).
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tr a
Yet everything began in 1530, in Augsburg – with the Confessio
Augustana, that changed the world. Today the Augsburg Confession is the worlwide doctrinal basis of 540 million Christians.
The “Confessio Augustana” is a summary of that which Protestant Christians still teach today. Protestant pastors are bound
by the confession at the time of their ordination. For hearers of
that time period the theses were unbelievably revolutionary.
ns
The Augsburg Religionsfrieden, which reached an agreement
on the equality of the confessions, was the first meaningful
step in the direction of freedom of religion and conscience, but
also one of the reasons for the Thirty Years’ War which hit the
city hard. The parity of the confessions which was again achieved
in 1648 in the Peace of Westphalia has been celebrated annually
since 1650 in Augsburg on August 8. Since 1949 the “Augsburger
Hohe Friedensfest” (Augsburg’s distinguished peace festival) is the
only city holiday in Germany which is a symbol of institutionalized
tolerance. Tri-annually since 1985 Augsburg has awarded a peace
prize of 12,500 euros for accomplishments to promote similarities
among the confessions.
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What is written in the document?
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The “Confessio Augustana” consists of 28 articles which Philipp
Melanchthon (1497-1560), Martin Luther’s closest colleague,
formulated and handed over to Emperor Charles V on June 25,
1530, at the Diet of Augsburg while Martin Luther (1483-1546)
stayed at the Veste Coburg. The Confessio Augustana (also known
as the “Augsburg Confession”) was first legally recognized by the
empire in the Augsburg Religionsfrieden (religious peace) in 1555
after Emperor Charles V unsuccessfully attempted to reestablish
church unity by force of arms.
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St. Anna Church (1), Fugger Palace (2), St. Ulric’s Church
Am Roten Tor
Roter Torwall
(3), Protestant Cemetery (4), Town Hall (5), Barfüsser
Church (6), St. Jacob’s Church (7), Fuggerei (7), Gallus
ße
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dFronhof (11); Holly Cross Church (12) (Length
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Bahnhofstrasse 7
D-86150 Augsburg
Phone +49 (0) 8 21/5 02 07-0
Fax +49 (0) 8 21/5 02 07-45
[email protected]
www.augsburg-tourismus.de
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St. Ulric’s Church (3), Protestant
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We hope that your tour of
Augsburg’s history will prove
to be an enjoyable experience.
Documents of the Reformation
show the “Luther staircase” in
the St. Anna church.
n-Straße
Beim
Rabenbad
Particularly worthy of your
attention is the permanent
exhibition at the “Lutherstiege” (Luther Staircase)
in St. Anna Church.
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70 minutes)
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along the way.
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K a t z ens
ße
stra
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11
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traß
Jakobers
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Am
kerg
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Stettenstraße
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Tour 1 touches the most important locations within the Old Town,
including the world-famous Fuggerei and the nearby historic
Protestant Churches “Zu den Barfüssern” and St. Jacob.
(FR03) – 2 hours
tz
gäs
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llee
The Cathedral
aße
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9
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se
en
sch
Kar
ße
k str
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sl ema r k t
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ra ß
Katharinen gasse
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Reit schen
gäs
hauss
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b
ns Variety: Journey through Countries and
• “Cultural
Gä
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Bar
Bleigässchen
1
R o s en a us t r a ß e
5
Max
tra
tr a ß e
str.
ias
Bgm.-F
aße
Stops along the Confessio-Road:
e
Im Annahof
Stadtmarkt
z ler s
kmair
tor
ße
Pilger
Auf
dem
Rain
H u no
1
e
S c ha e
Burg
Vik
ofstra
M i ttl e r e r G r a b e n
Bogen
rstraß
ße
aße
Leonhardsberg
II
III
IV
V
er
rer
loss
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Sch
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ch
Hin
r Le
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Vor
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se
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mi
der
Do
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Pfla
e
rab
ass
lds g
terg
traße
W in
ilians
Fugge
ße
tra
einstr
g
ss
ErnstReuterPlatz Unter dem ße
I
e
tra
irs
Holb
ga
you athrough
the Reformation city of Augsburg.
e
tr ß
lers
RiedAsk us about our city tours for groups:
ü
Am
St e i n
Schmi e d b e r
raße
rgs
ma
n
r
sschen
albeneck
Am Schw
M a u erb e r g
Karolinenst
be
Kl. Grottenau
ten
Kennedy- Gro
Platz
Karlst
u
ttena
hen
le r g ä
e ng
en
plies
rg ap ital
u
b
s
Aug ural cap
lt
for cu rope 2010
E
f
o u
Regio Augsburg
Tourismus Gmbh also guides
Kahnfahrt
Henisiusstraße
Bei den
sieben Kindern
Sp
10
e
ße
e
Bahnh
Kustosgässc
S
Peace Festival” (FR01) – 2 hours
rSpringe
gässchen
rW
he e g
9
H
Im a f n e r
Th b e r g
äle
rk t
Lu
O bs t m a
dw
igs
Kesselmarkt
tra
ße
aße
rstraß
Ka
Theate
ße
rstraß
e
Ho
gä
h
ssc
8
r
ss
tra
Halderstr
Concerning the author of the Confessio-Road:
se
n
Bert-Brecht-Straße
P u l v er
nkelle
11 hausgas
Ga
ts
tra
rgk
e
te
g en
sse
Beim
Pfaffe
te
rs
ar
Gu
ße
e
ga
Al
le
Bu
s
ich
tra
ez
lkh
nw e g
e
se
ha
a ße
Pfersee
nz r
rm
n
lite
atterw
Obl
all
t
Tours offered by Regio
Augsburg:
Karmelitengässchen
raß
s
Ga
Sc
aß
r s tr e
Pri
r
K a r m e l i t e n m au e
rst
e
12
Vo
wede
nto
ng
l
Sc h
ue
La
de
e
rg
l
Frö
asse
Fra
r- S
ta
Klinkertorplatz
str
Stephansplatz
Ka
a
nK
nte
In Article 4 Luther’s most crucial concern is raised. Here is
emphasized that mankind is redeemed through faith in the grace of
God alone (justification by faith), not by good works and certainly
not with purchased letters of indulgence. The unity of the church
was broken by this doctrine. The “Mutual Declaration of the
Doctrine of Justification” which was signed on October 31, 1999,
in the St. Anna church in Augsburg contributed significantly in
bringing the Catholic and Protestant Christians closer together.
Gerhard Strauss was born in Augsburg in 1926. As a pastor he
served a number of communities in Bavaria and led the preacher’s seminar in Bayreuth before becoming a member of the
Bavarian Protestant-Lutheran Church Council in Munich for
16 years. Strauss retired in 1991 and returned to Augsburg.
Here he composed various writings about the Reformation city.
Dr. Strauss died in Augsburg in 2001.
e rbe
st
ns
n
Gu
tze
Ga r t e
er
Ka
pp
ße
K l ink
ße
Augsburg and the Maximilianstrasse by
night: Important impulses from this city
went out into the world.
un
ra
The “Confessio-Road”
brings you close to the
Confessio Augustana in
a unique way. It brings you
to places where the monk
Martin Luther was active
and to states of the
Reformation, a movement
which went from here
out into the world.
The “Confessio Augustana” demands,
• that priests may marry if they
so desire. A compulsory vow
of celibacy is against the will
of the creator (Article 23).
• that according to the foundation
Christ laid, members of the church
should be offered both the bread
and the wine of the Holy Communion
(Article 22).
• that worldly and clerical authority
In the Anna church: The
should always be separated;
portrait of Martin Luther
however, if a regiment teaches
painted by Lukas Cranach.
some injustice, whether worldly
or clerical, the people should not
obey it (Article 28).
br
tr a
Yet everything began in 1530, in Augsburg – with the Confessio
Augustana, that changed the world. Today the Augsburg Confession is the worlwide doctrinal basis of 540 million Christians.
The “Confessio Augustana” is a summary of that which Protestant Christians still teach today. Protestant pastors are bound
by the confession at the time of their ordination. For hearers of
that time period the theses were unbelievably revolutionary.
ns
The Augsburg Religionsfrieden, which reached an agreement
on the equality of the confessions, was the first meaningful
step in the direction of freedom of religion and conscience, but
also one of the reasons for the Thirty Years’ War which hit the
city hard. The parity of the confessions which was again achieved
in 1648 in the Peace of Westphalia has been celebrated annually
since 1650 in Augsburg on August 8. Since 1949 the “Augsburger
Hohe Friedensfest” (Augsburg’s distinguished peace festival) is the
only city holiday in Germany which is a symbol of institutionalized
tolerance. Tri-annually since 1985 Augsburg has awarded a peace
prize of 12,500 euros for accomplishments to promote similarities
among the confessions.
Am
What is written in the document?
ne
The “Confessio Augustana” consists of 28 articles which Philipp
Melanchthon (1497-1560), Martin Luther’s closest colleague,
formulated and handed over to Emperor Charles V on June 25,
1530, at the Diet of Augsburg while Martin Luther (1483-1546)
stayed at the Veste Coburg. The Confessio Augustana (also known
as the “Augsburg Confession”) was first legally recognized by the
empire in the Augsburg Religionsfrieden (religious peace) in 1555
after Emperor Charles V unsuccessfully attempted to reestablish
church unity by force of arms.
e
au e
r Bl
A n de
Through Protestant Augsburg
Contents of the Confessio Augustana
ß e Georgenstraße
sttraße
nsg
To
The Confessio-Road
Mülle
tor
pha
er
k e r-
raße
tr a
Augsburg –
historic sites of
the Reformation
at its Best
ls
ce
ra
e
straß
Lechhauser Straße
r m a uer
e r e J akobe
Ob
ße
Gärtnerstra
t
P rin z s t r a ß e
Sa
nde
rst
raß
St. Anna Church (1), Fugger Palace (2), St. Ulric’s Church
Am Roten Tor
Roter Torwall
(3), Protestant Cemetery (4), Town Hall (5), Barfüsser
Church (6), St. Jacob’s Church (7), Fuggerei (7), Gallus
ße
ChapelF (8), Cathedral (9), Peutinger Town House (10),
rie
dFronhof (11); Holly Cross Church (12) (Length
Cathedral
tra
of walk: 160 minutes)
rg
S
o r w all-
be
te-T
e
er
For further information please contact:
Tourist-Information Augsburg
Bahnhofstrasse 7
D-86150 Augsburg
Phone +49 (0) 8 21/5 02 07-0
Fax +49 (0) 8 21/5 02 07-45
[email protected]
www.augsburg-tourismus.de
T H E C I T Y O F R E F O R M AT I O N
ar kt
K i tze n m
line 4 may be used) (Length of walk: 45 minutes)
Published by: Regio Augsburg Tourismus GmbH – Concept, Photos and Graphic Design by: concret Werbeagentur, Augsburg – December 2003
d
Afrawal
t ra
hl
a
St r
e lseril.-W
e
aß
st r
An
na
Ph
se
Occo
rg
rbe
fne
Ha
im
rn
st r
aß
e
Be
Bee t h o v ens
Auf dem
Plätzchen
r
Ko
se
as
rg
hle
Ko
aße
Sei
St. Ulric’s Church (3), Protestant
Cemetery (4) (streetcar
l
ds
s ga s s e
We hope that your tour of
Augsburg’s history will prove
to be an enjoyable experience.
Documents of the Reformation
show the “Luther staircase” in
the St. Anna church.
n-Straße
Beim
Rabenbad
Particularly worthy of your
attention is the permanent
exhibition at the “Lutherstiege” (Luther Staircase)
in St. Anna Church.
iedeman
üllerstr
e
70 minutes)
Tour 3:
Ro
lle
P r o vi n o r a ß e
ße
Schwibst
ostra
Provin
bogenTour 2 (South) : raße
t
s
platz
o
in
Prov
straße St. Anna Church (1), Town Hall (5), Fugger Palace (2),
a re t en
Spitalgasse
z
eu
Kr
em
fd
e
Obgm.-D r
ße
Gratzm
Afr
gäs asch
en
Am
Au
raß
als
ra
er s t
Str
i-A
eodor-W
straße Th
Rauner
nst
e
ma
raß
Her
ße
-St
k
sa
Fronhof (11), Holy Cross Church (12) (Length of walk:
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In Article 4 Luther’s most crucial concern is raised. Here is
emphasized that mankind is redeemed through faith in the grace of
God alone (justification by faith), not by good works and certainly
not with purchased letters of indulgence. The unity of the church
was broken by this doctrine. The “Mutual Declaration of the
Doctrine of Justification” which was signed on October 31, 1999,
in the St. Anna church in Augsburg contributed significantly in
bringing the Catholic and Protestant Christians closer together.
Gerhard Strauss was born in Augsburg in 1926. As a pastor he
served a number of communities in Bavaria and led the preacher’s seminar in Bayreuth before becoming a member of the
Bavarian Protestant-Lutheran Church Council in Munich for
16 years. Strauss retired in 1991 and returned to Augsburg.
Here he composed various writings about the Reformation city.
Dr. Strauss died in Augsburg in 2001.
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Augsburg and the Maximilianstrasse by
night: Important impulses from this city
went out into the world.
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The “Confessio-Road”
brings you close to the
Confessio Augustana in
a unique way. It brings you
to places where the monk
Martin Luther was active
and to states of the
Reformation, a movement
which went from here
out into the world.
The “Confessio Augustana” demands,
• that priests may marry if they
so desire. A compulsory vow
of celibacy is against the will
of the creator (Article 23).
• that according to the foundation
Christ laid, members of the church
should be offered both the bread
and the wine of the Holy Communion
(Article 22).
• that worldly and clerical authority
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should always be separated;
portrait of Martin Luther
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painted by Lukas Cranach.
some injustice, whether worldly
or clerical, the people should not
obey it (Article 28).
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Yet everything began in 1530, in Augsburg – with the Confessio
Augustana, that changed the world. Today the Augsburg Confession is the worlwide doctrinal basis of 540 million Christians.
The “Confessio Augustana” is a summary of that which Protestant Christians still teach today. Protestant pastors are bound
by the confession at the time of their ordination. For hearers of
that time period the theses were unbelievably revolutionary.
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The Augsburg Religionsfrieden, which reached an agreement
on the equality of the confessions, was the first meaningful
step in the direction of freedom of religion and conscience, but
also one of the reasons for the Thirty Years’ War which hit the
city hard. The parity of the confessions which was again achieved
in 1648 in the Peace of Westphalia has been celebrated annually
since 1650 in Augsburg on August 8. Since 1949 the “Augsburger
Hohe Friedensfest” (Augsburg’s distinguished peace festival) is the
only city holiday in Germany which is a symbol of institutionalized
tolerance. Tri-annually since 1985 Augsburg has awarded a peace
prize of 12,500 euros for accomplishments to promote similarities
among the confessions.
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What is written in the document?
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The “Confessio Augustana” consists of 28 articles which Philipp
Melanchthon (1497-1560), Martin Luther’s closest colleague,
formulated and handed over to Emperor Charles V on June 25,
1530, at the Diet of Augsburg while Martin Luther (1483-1546)
stayed at the Veste Coburg. The Confessio Augustana (also known
as the “Augsburg Confession”) was first legally recognized by the
empire in the Augsburg Religionsfrieden (religious peace) in 1555
after Emperor Charles V unsuccessfully attempted to reestablish
church unity by force of arms.
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