The "Semper Augustus" was the most expensive tulip during the 17th-century tulip mania. “The colour is white, with Carmine on a blue base, and with an unbroken flame right to the top” – wrote Nicolas van Wassenaer in 1624 after seeing the tulip in the garden of one Dr Adriaen Pauw...
In August 1777, Mozart resigned his position at Salzburg[28][e] and on 23 September ventured out once more in search of employment, with visits to Augsburg, Mannheim, Paris, and Munich.[29] Mozart became acquainted with members of the famous orchestra in Mannheim, the best in Europe at th...
Throughout the history of his life, the Catholic Church has called Roch the patron saint of dogs, plague, and AIDS. Who is the first saint? The first saint was Ulrich, Bishop of Augsburg, who died in 973 A.D. and was canonized by Pope John XV at the Lateran Council in 993 A.D....
on 14 June 1158, in Augsburg, the conflict was settled in favor of Duke Henry. The Augsburg Arbitration mentions the name of the location in dispute as forum apud Munichen. Although Bishop Otto had lost his bridge, the arbiters ordered Duke Henry to pay a third of his income to the Bis...