St. Peter's Basilica is the cocathedral of the diocese of Augsburg and a necropolis of the bishops of Augsburg. In 1498, the Prince-Bishop of Augsburg, Frederick II of Zollern, had a collegiate church built dedicated to the Apostle Peter. It was secularised with the Imperial Recess of 1803. The collegiate church then became a simple parish church. The church was given the rank of minor basilica in 1979.
The Synagogue in Lauingen dates from the 15th century. Definitely put out of use in the mid-17th century, this stone synagogue now serves as a dwelling.
Augsburg Cathedral was built in the 11th century in Romanesque style, with Gothic additions in the 14th century. Romanesque construction began in 1043 and was completed in 1065. The two towers, visible from all over the city, were completed in 1075. Many Gothic architectural elements, such as the choir, were added between 1331 and 1431. During the Protestant Reformation, the cathedral lost a good part of its works, some of which were restored. The interior, which had been laid out in Baroque style in the 17th century, regained its medieval appearance in the 19th century with neo-Gothic elements.
The New synagogue in Augsburg was built between 1913 and 1917 designed by the architects Fritz Landauer and Heinrich Lömpel. The synagogue is atypical in being richly decorated with iconographic decorations including a colored mosaic above the Torah ark.
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