Augsburg Hochzoll is a district in the east of the city of Augsburg. Hochzoll is bordered on its west by the Lech river, whose waters also feed the Kuhsee (Cow lake) to the south of Hochzoll. To the east, Hochzoll shares its city border with Friedberg West, a district of the town of Friedberg. History The history of Hochzoll began with a bridging over the Lech river in 980. As the Lech is the historical border between Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria) and Schwaben (Swabia), and as the construction of bridges was very expensive at the time, a bridge toll was raised (HochZoll - High Tariff). Since the town charter for the Friedberg municipality in 1264, the Lech has also served as the border between Augsburg and Friedberg. Today's Hochzoll district then belonged to Friedberg and was referred to as Friedberger Au. Timeline The history of the district has always been strongly shaped by the construction of bridges. 1639 the Lech bridge goes up in flames as a result of war and can only be rebuilt through subsidies from the realm of the city of Augsburg. 1646 during the siege of Augsburg by French and Swedish armies, the bridge again goes up in flames. 1796 the destroyed bridge, by order of the French general Moreau, is rebuilt by carpenters from Augsburg. 1797 French troops burn the bridge down again, but in the two subsequent years reconstruction of the bridge takes place successfully. 1800 Bavarian military heavily damages the bridge – but with subsequent immediate repair - complete renewal of the bridge is accomplished a few years later. From 1803 onwards the Auen is increasingly settled east of the Lech. 1818 the scattered settlements comprise 24 estates. Hochzoll, Kolonie, Kolonie an der Lechbrücke and Einöden now comprehensively form the 172 inhabitant parish community of Friedbergerau. 1839/1840 building of a wooden course bridge as a part of the building of the railway line Augsburg - Munich. 1840 at the estate "Stierhof" the first Hochzoll railway station is built on the newly constructed railway line Augsburg - Munich. 1851 a flood destroys the road bridge. 1855 the city of Augsburg builds a new heavy timber bridge for road traffic. 1862 the wooden railway bridge is replaced by a latticed bridge made of steel. 1874 through construction of the Paartalbahn arises the station Hochzoll, the number of inhabitants increase, through immigration of industrial workers, to 350.