HISTORY OF JEWS IN THE IMPERIAL CITY OF AUGSBURG by Arthur Obermayer* Juedisch Historischer Verein Augsburg (JHVA) * Der Augsburger Judenkirchhof by Yehuda Shenef Augsburg , city in Bavaria, Germany; a free imperial city from 1276 to 1806. Documentary evidence of Jews living in Augsburg dates from 1212. Records from the second half of the 13th century show a well-organized community, and menti...