Lange-Krach, Heidrun Maximilian I. (1459-1519). Kaiser - Ritter - Bürger zu Augsburg

Around 1500, the imperial city of Augsburg was a trading hub and under Maximilian it became an international financial metropolis. Augsburg also had a very special significance for the emperor: as a centre for art, science, politics and festive culture, as the catalogue will show. The work and efforts of Maximilian I to preserve his "Gedechtnus" - memory - are supposedly well researched.

But from the perspective of the imperial city, he received little attention as emperor, client and debtor. Augsburg profited more than any other city from its links with Maximilian, and so it makes sense to dedicate an exhibition to this relationship in the Maximilian Museum Augsburg on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his death. After all, Augsburg's rapid rise to become a trading metropolis as well as a centre for diplomacy, science and art is largely due to its relationship with Maximilian. The catalogue illuminates the interactions between Augsburg and "his" emperor and attempts to approach the phenomenon of what, apart from money, made the imperial city so attractive to the emperor that he informed the city council that he wanted to remain "a citizen of the city". The change of perspective has made new questions and insights possible, which, together with previously unknown objects, add interesting aspects to the previous image of Maximilian.