This is a readable and meticulously researched account of the fabulously wealthy house of fugger. Oktober 2017 empfang 650 jahre fugger in augsburg im goldenen saal v. In contrast to the other famous merchant family of the period, the medici of florence, however, no englishlanguage work on them has been available until now. Alongside the welser family, the fugger family controlled much of the european economy in the sixteenth century and accumulated. Richard zerfowski augsburg, diedorf jakobfuggergymnasium. Zu jakobfuggergymnasium wurden bisher noch keine informationen eingetragen. Phone, adress, opening hours for jakobfuggergymnasium, high school, augsburg seekty. Mark haberlein traces the history of the family from the weaver hans fugger s immigration to the imperial city of augsburg in 67 to the end of the thirty years war in 1648. The fugger dynasty in augsburg context verlag augsburg. Jakobfuggergymnasium is a grammar school with about 800 pupils, some 32% girls. As the wealthiest german merchant family of the sixteenth century, the fuggers have attracted wide scholarly attention. Pursuing wealth and honor in renaissance germany studies in early modern german history hardcover june 29, 2012.
Fuggeroffizielle seite, augsburg augsburg, germany. Jakobfuggerwirtschaftsschule, augsburg updated 20180509. About 62 teachers teach in 23 classes year 511 and in about sixty form courses year 12. When jakob fugger died in 1525, the benedictine monk clemens sender of augsburg wrote that his name was known in all realms and countries, and in the heathen world as well. Jakobfuggergymnasium, augsburg gymnasium, kriemhildenstr. Hermann schmid akademie private, staatlich anerkannte. The author explores the fuggers personal and professional relationships against a shifting backdrop of local and international politics, family life, and commerce during the renaissance in the first indepth examination of this extraordinary family available in english. Jakobfuggerwirtschaftsschule, augsburg, school phone.