Augsburg

UNESCO World Heritage Augsburg Water Management System

Augsburg Water Management System (2019). Augsburg’s water management system is unique in the world and an iconic example of progress, aesthetics and sustainability. As a result of its continued use and constant extension, it was a crucial influence on Renaissance waterworks, as well as on the technological developments of the industrial revolution.

UNESCO World Heritage Augsburg Water Management System
86150 Augsburg

Highlights along the Romantic Road

Augsburg

Fuggerei

Fuggerei (1516-19): the world’s oldest social settlement., Copyright Regio Augsburg Tourismus GmbH, Friedrich Stettmayer
Rain

Leutnantschanze

Nature on the ramparts: the Leutnantschanze and the Ziegelschanze are a reminder of Rain’s fortifications that were so important right…
Wallerstein

Wallersteiner Rock

‘Wallersteiner Felsen’: approx. 65 m high rock offering a wonderful all-round view over the Ries district. It is the starting…
Rottenbuch

Echelsbach Bridge

Echelsbach Bridge (1929) crossing the 76 m deep Ammer Gorge. Wonderful countryside against the backdrop of the Bavarian Alps with…