Fuggerei Housing Complex

Local nameFuggerei
LocationInnenstadt, Bavaria, Deutschland

The Fuggerei is the world's oldest public housing complex still in use. It is a walled enclave within the city of Augsburg, Bavaria. It takes its name from the Fugger family and was founded in 1516 by Jakob Fugger the Younger as a place where the needy citizens of Augsburg could be housed. By 1523, 52 houses had been built, and in the coming years the area expanded with various streets, small squares and a church. The gates were locked at night, so the Fuggerei was, in its own right, very similar to a small independent medieval town. It is still inhabited today, affording it the status of being the oldest public housing project in the world.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuggerei

Official Website https://www.fugger.de/

Email info@fugger.de

Phone +49 821 31 98 810

Coordinates 48°22'7.731" N 10°54'14.297" E

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