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In operation from 1500 to 1879

The Annahof is today the educational and community center of the Protestant Church in Augsburg. Here, the importance of education to the Reformers becomes evident. The glass inscription "Bibliotheca Publica" in the Annahof commemorates Germany's first public library, opened in 1563. An observatory and Augsburg's first public Latin school were also part of the complex. The current school building was designed by Elias Holl.

The Annahof in Augsburg is a historic area surrounding the former Carmelite monastery of St. Anna, founded in 1321. After the Reformation, it became the city's Latin school in 1531 – the origin of today's Gymnasium bei St. Anna (St. Anna High School). In the 16th century, the first freestanding municipal library building in Germany was also constructed here, followed later by the "Hollbau" designed by Elias Holl. After the school relocated, the grounds were modernized, and an open square was created above an underground parking garage. Today, the Annahof is a central Protestant educational and cultural center in the heart of Augsburg's pedestrian zone, where the Protestant Forum Annahof offers a diverse range of social, cultural, and spiritual events.

The tower is located in Springergässchen, but is called "The Lower Fountain Tower on Mauerberg." Between the 16th century and 1879, the former defensive tower in the city wall became Augsburg's second-largest waterworks. The pumps were powered by a waterwheel in the Brunnenbach stream flowing past, which is diverted here over the Stadtbach. In 1538, the Lower Fountain Tower was improved and raised, and a separate pump house was built at its base (now Lilium). This now drove a machine consisting of seven Archimedean screws, arranged vertically one above the other and moved by a common vertical shaft via wooden gears. This Machina Augustana was described in detail in 1554 by the Milanese scholar Hieronymus Cardanus. The water from the Stadtbach served to power the machine, while the water pumped up by the screws was from the Brunnenbach. 17th and 18th centuries Around 1684, the water tower was expanded by three additional stories, double its height. By this time, the Machina Augustana had already been replaced by waterwheel-driven crank pumps. In 1737, the chairman of the Lower Waterworks, Caspar Walter, increased the number of crank pumps from three to four. After proving his skills at this waterworks, he later became Augsburg's city fountain master.

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

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