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| Schwabach | ||
| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 40.792 (2019) | |
| height | 326 m | |
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Schwabach located in Middle Franconia and is the smallest independent city in Bavaria. It is located in the Nuremberg-Fürth-Erlangen-Schwabach city axis and belongs to the Greater Nuremberg.
background
Schwabach is famous for its gold bats and the gold leaf they produce and export around the world. The Middle Franconian town of Schwabach developed into the world center of this craft, every sixth inhabitant had something to do with it. Buckingham Palace in London, towers of Orthodox churches in Ukraine, palace domes in the Emirates and many other buildings worth seeing all over the world were provided with Schwabach gold leaf. The importance of gold striking declined over time. In 2006, the city named nine more businesses. The Golden Hall in the town hall, decorated with 14,000 Schwabach gold leaf, was designed by Kurt Severin and Max Friese. In 2004 Schwabach celebrated the anniversary "500 years of gold leaf in Schwabach". Gold leaf is still part of the Schwabacher Goldwasser, a spice liqueur with the finest pieces of gold leaf, which is based on Gdansk Goldwasser. Schwabach was the only German city to be awarded the Europa Nostra Medal in 1979 for the protection of the architectural and landscape heritage in Europe.
getting there
By plane
The Nuremberg Airport
(IATA: NUE) is located 20 km north of Schwabach.
The is 10 km south of Schwabach Schwabach Airfield(ICAO: EDPH).
By train
At the 1 Schwabach railway station stops line 2 of the Nuremberg S-Bahn. The travel time to the main train station Nuremberg takes about 20 minutes with the S-Bahn, about 10 minutes with the Regional Express trains.
A regional express leaves every hour Munich, alternately across augsburg or Ingolstadt.
By bus
There is an hourly night bus (VGN NightLiner) from Nuremberg main station to Schwabach on weekends. Of course, there are more buses during the day.
Local public transport in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region is operated by the Greater Nuremberg Transport Association VGN operated. It is possible to use different means of transport with one ticket, such as bus, train, S-Bahn or U-Bahn. The tickets can be purchased online or via an app.
In the street
The highway 
crosses the urban area in the south, there are two junctions Schwabach-West and Schwabach-Süd. Thus Schwabach is directly on the other national trunk road connections of the Autobahn 
(Munich - Berlin) and Autobahn 
(Passau - Frankfurt a. M.) The federal highway 2 crosses Schwabach. The federal highway 466 begins / ends in Schwabach.
By boat
The Main-Danube Canal with its port of Nuremberg (10 km) opens the waterway to south-eastern Europe and to northern and western Europe.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- City church St. Johannes and St. Martin with the Schwabacher Altar, a high altar from the workshop of Michael Wolgemut, the teacher of Albrecht Dürer. The late Gothic convertible altar (completed in 1508) with its carvings is a classic example of the use of gold leaf.
- Unterreichenbacher Kirche: The current church was rebuilt in 1496 in Gothic style and is a Jakobskirche. A previous Romanesque church was built in the 13th or 14th century.
- The Golden Mile art hiking trail led through the old town
- Former synagogue and tabernacle
- Hak Yol Camii Mosque
- The fountain on the market square, inaugurated in 1717, contains the portraits of the margravial family.
- Gold club workshops with demonstrations
- City museum with egg museum (with a rare Fabergé egg) and history of the US Army
- Town hall with a golden hall and golden roof.
- The municipal gallery in the community center is run by the Künstlerbund Schwabach e. V. managed.
- South of Schwabach im Heidenberg is a 14 kilometer long legend hiking trail.
- Schwabacher Marionette Stage
activities
Regular events
- Citizens' Festival (July)
- Host party
- Summer night party of the volunteer fire brigade (June / July)
- Legend Festival (1st weekend in May, Heidenberg)
- Lindenfest of the KG "The Schwabanesen"
- Christmas Market
- Carnival procession through Schwabach
- spring Festival
- Parish Fair ("Kärwa") (September)
- Ortung, a biennial art exhibition since 1999
- Schwabacher Sports Night
- Golden night
- LesArt / Schwabach Literature Days
- International puppet theater festival
- Challenge Roth (Triathlon competition) in neighboring Roth
shop
- The Hüttlinger
- huma shopping world
- 1 Eduard Scheuerpflug distillery, Alte Dietersdorfer Str. 26, 91126 Schwabach. Tel.: 49 911 6328392. Liqueurs, homemade schnapps, eggs from species-appropriate keeping, homemade jams and jellies.Open from. 01.05. - 31.08. Thu, Fri 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Sat 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: 01.09. - April 30th Mon, Thu, Fri 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Sat 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Tues, Wed, Sun closed.
kitchen
- Gasthof "Zum Weißen Lamm": Johann Wolfgang von Goethe stayed here in 1797
- “Goldener Stern” inn: This is where the Schwabach articles were written in 1528.
nightlife
- Titos: Restaurant, Club Lounge, Bar & Cafe in one.
- prince
- Constantine
- Laumers
- Metrodrome
- Monte Christo
- Centro
- Movie theater
Cinemas
- Luna Theater: Neutorstrasse 1
- Movie theater: Friedrichstraße 22
accommodation
- Hotel Centro, Südliche Mauerstraße 9, 91126 Schwabach
- Hotel Gasthof Raab, Äußere Rittersbacher Str. 14, 91126 Schwabach
- Holiday Inn Express Schwabach, Wendelsteiner Strasse 4, 91126 Schwabach
health
- Schwabach City Hospital, Regelsbacher Strasse 7, 91126 Schwabach, 49 9122 1821
Practical advice
- Tourist information, Königsplatz 1, 91126 Schwabach (in the town hall). Tel.: (0)9122 860-241, Fax: (0)9122 860-244, Email: [email protected]. Open: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
daily newspaper
trips
- In neighboring Heidenberg there is a legend hiking trail with more than 22 stations and illustrated with text and picture panels. Starting points of the 14-kilometer route are both in Kühedorf as well as in Kammerstein. According to a legend, Attila, the king of the Huns, is said to be buried in Heidenberg (legend station 19). The legend festival is celebrated annually on the 1st weekend in May in a clearing in the forest, the Ofenplatte.
- Franconian Lake District
literature
- CD-ROM: Goldschlägerstadt Schwabach. 500 years of gold leaf, 1504–2004. imbiss-media, Nuremberg 2004, ISBN 3-938451-01-7 .
- Kurt Pilz: The town church St. Johannes and St. Martinus in Schwabach. Their history and their works of art. Evangelical Lutheran Parish Office St. Martin et al., Schwabach 1979, ISBN 3-922575-00-5 .
- Karl Dehm, Gottlob Heckel: History of houses in the old town of Schwabach. With a directory of homeowners. History and Local History Association, Schwabach 1979.
Web links
- https://www.schwabach.de/ - Official website of Schwabach
