into the Augsburg S-Bahn. Air transport Until 2005 Augsburg was served by nearby Augsburg Airport (AGB). In that year all air passenger transport was relocated to Munich Airport. Since then, the airport is used almost entirely by business airplanes. Economy Augsburg is a vibrant industrial city. Many global market leaders namely MAN, EADS or KUKA produce high technology products like printing systems, large diesel engines, industrial robots or components for the Airbus A380 and the Ariane carrier rocket. After Munich, Augsburg is considered the high-tech centre for Information and Communication in Bavaria and takes advantage of its lower operating costs, yet close proximity to Munich and potential customers. In 2018 the Bavarian State Government recognized this fact and promoted Augsburg to Metropole. Major companies Boewe Systec Faurecia Fujitsu Technology Solutions KUKA Robotics / Systems MAN (Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg) manroland MT-Aerospace (former MAN Technologie) NCR Osram Premium AEROTEC RENK AG (offshoot of MAN SE) Siemens UPM-Kymmene (former Haindl) WashTec (former Kleindienst) Synlab Group Cancom Check24 Amazon Patrizia Immobilien Education Augsburg is home to the following universities and colleges: University of Augsburg, founded in 1970 Hochschule Augsburg (University of Applied Sciences, formerly Fachhochschule Augsburg) Media The local newspaper is the Augsburger Allgemeine first published in 1807. Notable people Saint Afra, (died 304), patron Saint of Augsburg, martyr Simpert, (died 807), an abbot, bishop, and confessor Saint Ulrich (c. 890–973), Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg. Saint Wolfhard (1070–1127), a Swabian artisan, trader, and hermit Jakob Fugger the Elder (1398–1469), master weaver, town councillor and merchant. Erhard Ratdolt (1442–1528), Printer, famous for having produced the first known printers type specimen book Jakob Fugger (1459–1525), Noted banker and financial broker. An area within the city, called the Fuggerei was set aside for the poor and needy in 1519. Hans Holbein the Elder (1460–1524), a pioneer in the transformation of German art from the Gothic to the Renaissance style. Konrad Peutinger (1465–1547), humanist, jurist, diplomat, politician, economist and archaeologist. Hans Burgkmair (1473–1531), painter and woodcut printmaker. Caspar Aquila (1488–1560), a Lutheran theologian and reformer. Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543), portrait and religious painter. Matthäus Schwarz (1497–c. 1574), accountant and author Paulus Hector Mair (1517–1579), martial artist Wilhelm Xylander (1532–1576), a classical scholar and humanist. Elias Holl (1573–1646), architect Philipp Hainhofer (1578–1647), merchant, banker, diplomat and art collector Julius Schiller (1580–1627), lawyer and astronomer Johann Georg Wirsung (1589–1643), anatomist Johann Jakob Brucker (1696–1770), a German historian of philosophy. Andreas Christoph