Augsburg's new women* city map: dates, places and impressive women!

Augsburg's new women* city map: dates, places and impressive women!

As many of you know, the visibility of women in cities plays a crucial role in social equality. In Augsburg, this idea has now been taken up with the new edition of the “Women’s* City Plan”. The updated version of the unique city map, which draws attention to the traces and contributions of women in the city, has been available since September 17, 2025. This is reported by the City of Augsburg.

The women's* city map not only shows streets and squares named after important women, but it also highlights places that have previously left little space for women. The cityscape is also reinterpreted with short portraits of inspiring Augsburg women. This initiative aims to help reflect historical backgrounds and transfer them to the present by promoting women's visibility and recognition.

Practical tips and offers

The concept and texts of the plan come from Dr. Aliena Guggenberger, while the design was created by talented students Philipp Hein, Emma Hingerl, Rhiannon Hughes and Simon Jocham. The city map contains helpful information about women's parking spaces, changing and breastfeeding facilities and public toilets. These practical tips are particularly valuable for women who want to move around the city without encountering barriers. In addition, addresses of advice centers and meeting rooms that address women-specific topics are also included, such as Augsburg sustainability page informed.

With its new edition, the women's* city map has modernized its form and design, while at the same time retaining the basic goals of the first edition. This was published in 2010 and was very popular: 2,000 copies were sold out within a month.

One step further in urban development

The women's* city map not only serves as a navigable element through Augsburg, but also as a basis for city tours. The initiative is expected to inspire numerous other projects, such as memorial and information plaques or special street signs. It could also provide a valuable basis for other topic-oriented city plans, such as educational or sports facilities. The idea for this city plan has spread further through networks with other cities such as Graz or Leipzig, and Augsburg women are not the only ones who are committed to women-friendly city planning, as the study by Christine Grüger and Barbara Zibell shows.

These two authors have dealt intensively with planning practices and the needs of women in the city and have pointed out various initiatives in other cities. Augsburg was a pioneer here, for example through proposals to take women's concerns into account, which were formulated as early as 1995.

The new edition of the women's* city map not only makes the historical importance of women in the city visible, it also creates an incentive for future research and other projects that aim to make the cityscape even more women-friendly. In this sense, all women in Augsburg should feel encouraged to pursue their goals independently and to actively participate in shaping their city.