Augsburg high terrace

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Sketch of the position of the Augsburg elevated terrace

The Augsburger Hochterrasse is an elevated area within the Augsburg city ​​area, which lies between the Lech and Wertach valleys . To the east is the Haunstetter Niederterrasse.

The elevated terrace is a remnant of the Ice Age Lech ( Riss Cold Age ), which deposited large amounts of gravel as a pigtail stream . In addition to the quite flood- proof high altitude, the occurrence of fertile loess soil on the raised terrace was favorable for settlement . That is why people settled there as early as the Stone Age and practiced agriculture and livestock .

The Roman water pipeline

A Roman long-distance water line ran on the Augsburg elevated terrace , which supplied the city of Augusta Vindelicum , the forerunner of Augsburg, with service water. It ran as an open canal from the area of Igling , Schwabmühlhausen and / or Hurlach over approx. 35 km, following the natural gradient of the high terrace of around 3 per thousand, via today's places Graben , Kleinaitingen , Königsbrunn , Haunstetten and Göggingen to Augusta Vindelicum.

The high terrace in the old town of Augsburg

The north end of the Augsburg high terrace is in the old town of Augsburg . The slope edge of the high terrace historically divides Augsburg into two terrains, which also reflect the social fabric of the city. On the raised terrace are the most important buildings, the episcopal city , the area around the cathedral , as well as the Upper City adjoining it to the south from the town hall along Maximilianstrasse to the St. Ulrich and Afra basilica . The rich and powerful of the imperial city lived here.

East of the terrace falls on a slope to the edge of canals crisscrossed Lech area from where the artisans and easier citizens lived. The streets on the edge of the slope have names that end in -berg : Mauerberg, Schmiedberg, Leonhardsberg, Perlachberg , Judenberg, Hunoldsberg, Predigerberg, Milchberg.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walter Groos: Contributions to the early history of Augsburg, page 14 , in: 28th report of the natural research society Augsburg (PDF)
  2. ↑ Stefanie Schoene: How builders in Augsburg tricked gravity 2000 years ago , article in the Augsburger Allgemeine from May 19, 2016

Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '50.4 "  N , 10 ° 53' 49.9"  E