Augusta Vindelicum (English spelling) Augusta Vindelicum

Japanese: Augusta Vindelicum(英語表記)AugustaVindelicum
Augusta Vindelicum (English spelling) Augusta Vindelicum

...A city in Bavaria, southern Germany. Population 262,000 (1995). Located on a triangular plateau between the Lech and Wertach rivers. At an altitude of 490m. It has long been a key transportation hub connecting Germany and Italy, and even today three railway lines cross here, located halfway along the Romantische Strasse. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it was the center of economic prosperity in southern Germany, producing many internationally renowned merchants, including the Fugger family. Since the 19th century, the cotton industry has developed, and it is now a center of the machinery industry. The city has many historical buildings, such as the town hall, Fuggerei, and Schaetzler House, and H. Holbein the Elder, L. Mozart, and Brecht were all born here. ...

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Japanese:

…ドイツ南部,バイエルン州の都市。人口26万2000(1995)。レッヒ川とウェルタハ川に挟まれた三角台地にある。標高490m。古くからドイツとイタリアを結ぶ交通の要衝であり,現在も鉄道3線が交差し,ロマンティッシェ・シュトラーセの中間に位置する。15,16世紀には南ドイツ経済の繁栄の中心になり,フッガー家をはじめ多くの国際的巨商が輩出した。19世紀以降綿工業が発達し,現在は機械工業の中心でもある。市内には市庁舎,フッゲライ,シェツラー邸などの歴史的建造物が多く,H.ホルバイン(父),L.モーツァルト,ブレヒトもここで生まれた。…

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