Stopping through Augsberg 1

On our way from Munich to Nuremberg, we stopped in the town of Augsberg, which has quite a bit of history associated with it in various ways.  One big thing is that it was home of the Fuggers, a highly successful banking family that funded many a noble family, including the Hapsburgs.  In Augsburg in 1516, they started a low-cost housing initiative called the Fuggerei, a little community in the city that still exists today.  Tenants pay 0.88 Euros (yes, 88 cents) a month (or a year, I can't remember which) for their place.  One obligation, though, is to pray 3 times a day, with one time being for the Fugger family and another time doing some Ave Marias.  It's a very cool looking place!

One of the streets in the Fuggerei

Housing units in the Fuggerei

Door in Fuggerei, with cool door ringer

A local in the Fuggerei, looking like she's in no mood to be tangled with

The village idiot