Max I. in Augsburg

This cache will lead you on a walk through the town to some still existing tracks of emperor Maximilian I in Augsburg.
In the city it is very difficult to find parking places. Best of all, you come with public means of transportation to the starting point which is near the stop "Moritzplatz" (tram lines 1 or 2, bus routes 22 or 32).

Maximilian I (*1459 +1519), called "the last knight", from 1477 was duke of Burgundy, from 1486 Roman-German king and from 1508 emperor of the holy Roman empire.
He often stayed in Augsburg. Many times in company of his "court jester", loyal confidant and consultant Kunz von der Rosen, also called "amusing consultant of the emperor".
From 1501 Maximilian even owned a house here, near the "Heilig Kreuzer Thor". Unfortunately in the following picture this house is covered by this gate tower.

Heilig Kreuzer Thor (seen from the Ludwigstraße)

To get into the town again after his hunting expeditions outside of the town walls also at night, the "Alte Einlass" (old entrance) was established specially for the emperor in the town fortification, roughly between the today's municipal theatre and the court house of the district court of Augsburg.

Der Alte Einlass (1840)

Its technology which functioned supposedly automatically was admired. Its ingenious mechanism was marveled at in whole Europe as a engineering marvel.
However, in reality guardians, so-called "Einlässer", in the upper floor of the building operated the mechanisms of the gate machine and the drawbridge manually. Three chambers which were opened successively were inserted.

The last relicts of the "Alter Einlass" were removed in the course of the demolition of the town fortification in 1867.

The narrow relationship of Maximilian to Augsburg is decisively caused to his financial dependence on the rich businessmen of the Fugger and Welser.

Because of his predilection for Augsburg (his 17 stays lasted a total of two years and 211 days) king Franz I von Frankreich called him derogatively the "mayor of Augsburg".

Today beside the name of "Maximilianstrasse" only a few inscriptions remind of emperor Maximilian.

The so-called imperial mile of Augsburg, the "Maximilianstrasse" originated only in 1809 after the demolition of the "Siegelhaus" and was named originally after the Bavarian king Maximilian I at that time. Only in 1957 emperor Maximilian I was explained to its name patron.

However, the Maximilianmuseum deals generally nothing with the emperor. It was opened in 1854 and named after the Bavarian king Maximilian II.

On your walk you will see several memorial tablets. The translations of the inscriptions can be found in the appendix.

Stage 1: N48°22.088 E010°53.890                    A =
This stage at least in this respect has relations to Maximilian I as it is situated at the beginning of the Maximilianstrasse.
Here also there is an inscription in which Maximilian plays a role.
Question: Which LIT D No (=A) had the house which formerly stood here?

Stage 2: N48°22.(A*20+15) E010°53.(A*7+705)        B =
Here you will find a very wistful farewell of Maximilian to Augsburg and his citizens.
Question: Which annual number (=B) carries this farewell?

Stage 3: N48°22.(B-1329) E010°53.(B-967)           C =
How far is it (air line) from this point to the front door of the court house (Landgericht Augsburg) Am Alten Einlass?
approx. 35 m ---> C = 35
approx. 75 m ---> C = 75
approx. 105 m ---> C = 105

Stage 4: N48°22.(193+C) E010°53.(487+C)            D =
                                                   E =
Near this place you can find several inscriptions. How many years (D) did this house belong to the emperor?
How many full months (E) was a well known contemporary of Maximilian arrested nearby.
(Because one of the inscriptions is currently hidden, here is the solution for E: E=15).

Stage 5: N48°22.(D*30-22) E010°53.(E*50+67)        F =
With whom the emperor used to live here:
with his Gemahlin Blanca Maria ---> F = 100
with Kunz von der Rosen ---> F = 190
with Götz von Berlichingen ---> F = 236

Stage 6: N48°22.(F+306) E010°53.(F+545)            G =
How many years (G) did the "amusing consultant of the emperor" live here?

Final: N48°22.(2*D*G+42) E010°53.(4*E*G-84)
The GPS accuracy is very bad here and fickle.
However, with your skilled expert's eye you will find the box quickly.
It can be easily reached from the sidewalk!

Please put the box back exactely in the corner!

Translation of the inscriptions:

	Now god bless you dear Augsburg and all godly citizens inside! Surely we have had some glad mind in you. Now we will not see you anymore. Emperor Maximilian XXXX.
	This house was the seat of the provost, newly constructed in 1508 by the cardinal Matthäus Lang. During his stay in Augsburg the emperor Maximilian I and xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx used to live here.
	In the house LIT. D No. X which formerly stood in this place in 1468 Cardinal Matthäus Lang was born one of the most activ diplomats in the service of emperor Maximilian I, provost of the cathedral of Augsburg and from 1519 up to his demise in 1540 archbishop of Salzburg.
	This house belonged to Emperor Maximilian I. from the year XXXX up to his death XXXX. The nearby gate, called "Einlass" (=admittance), was built for him for the purpose that he could come to his domicile while the other gates were closed.
	Here lived from the year XXXX to XXXX Kunz von der Rosen, citizen of Augsburg, emperor Maximilian's amusing consultant and most loyal companion.
	Here stood the Kreuz-Thor tower, construction time 11th century, demolished in 1807. In this tower Götz von Berlichingen from the XX of November XXXX till the X of March ??? was imprisoned.