The best dog-friendly hikes and walks around Autobahnsee

Here you can hear the water rushing! The Hochablass has been damming the Lech since the late Middle Ages and diverting water into the city's canals - a relief for crafts, trades and later industrial enterprises. First mentioned in a document in 1346, the plant was rebuilt in its present location in 1552. The listed reinforced concrete structure received its current form after a flood in 1912. As part of the Augsburg water management system, the Hochablasse has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2019.

It's a great place for hiking.

River through Augsburg. Quite a bit of water.

Three-story saddle roof building with western wavy gable, the monumental late Gothic building was repeated and painted in 1913 in its original form

Town Hall Square and Fish Market, Augsburg The group of squares near the slope of the Augsburg High Terrace is one of the oldest in Augsburg. It was formed after the construction of the Perlach Tower in the 10th century, which still stands in the line of sight of Augsburg's central north-south street. At this point, the north-south and east-west streets converged. The Free Imperial City, which was politically independent until 1806, was administered from Perlach Square, with its town hall (since 1260), gentlemen's drinking room, and merchants' room. The city council's exercise of power was publicly and spectacularly visible through the pillory at the town hall, where criminals were put on display; the "Schandesel" at the fish market, where soldiers of the city guard were placed for misconduct; and the "Narrenhäusel," a sobering-up cell. The installation of the Neptune Fountain on the Fish Market and the Augustus Fountain on Perlachplatz heralded a prestigious transformation: Elias Holl rebuilt almost all of the surrounding buildings, and between 1615 and 1620, he also built the Town Hall, whose mass seemed to overwhelm its surroundings. It wasn't until the 19th century that major new construction was undertaken again: The Stock Exchange Building, erected in 1828 by Johann Nepomuk Pertsch, replaced the living quarters of the merchants and patricians. At the same time, the new building line somewhat freed up the Town Hall. The Fish Market also received a new look between 1882 and 1890 with the administration building and the Fish Market Staircase by Ludwig Leybold. Text / Source: City of Augsburg, World Heritage Information Center, Rathausplatz 1, Augsburg https://www.augsburger-plaetze.com/rathausplatz-text

Augustusbrunnen, Augsburg The three monumental fountains with bronze figures are the artistic highlight of the water system. The first was created by Hubert Gerhard by 1594. In the middle stands the city founder Augustus as the emperor of peace, the four river gods symbolize Augsburg's main bodies of water: Lech, Wertach and Singold as well as the Brunnenbach, which was artificially created for drinking water. Text / Source: City of Augsburg, World Heritage Information Center, Rathausplatz 1, Augsburg https://wassersystem-augsburg.de/de/objekte/augustusbrunnen

It's a good place to cycle

The Ulrichsbrücke bridge carries Lechhauser Straße over the Lech River, connecting Augsburg's city center (or rather, the Jakobervorstadt) with the Lechhausen district. It is one of Augsburg's central east-west connections.