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| Schwandorf | ||
| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 28.828 (2019) | |
| height | 366 m | |
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Schwandorf is a city in the Upper Palatinate. It is the district town of the district of the same name and is located in the so-called "Schwandorfer Senke" in Naabtal.
getting there
| Distances | |
| Munich | 160 km |
|---|---|
| Nuremberg | 85 km |
| Cham | 50 km |
| Pastures | 45 km |
| regensburg | 40 km |
| On the mountain | 25 km |
In the street
Due to its location on the Highway 93 Court - regensburg Schwandorf is well connected to the north-south road traffic. Departures are 
32 Schwandorf-North, 33 Schwandorf-Mitte and 34 Schwandorf-Süd. From direction Nuremberg if you take the Autobahn 6 to 67 Amberg-Ost / Schwandorf / Cham and then the federal highway 85 to the Schwandorf exit.
The European Goethe Street leads from the Czech Karlovy Vary via Weiden, Schwandorf, regensburg and innsbruck until after Venice.
By train
- 1 Schwandorf station, Bahnhofsplatz 1, 92421 Schwandorf.
Schwandorf is on the railway lines regensburg – court and Nuremberg – Furth in the forest and is the most important railway junction in the Upper Palatinate after Regensburg.Feature: free WiFi.
With the wheel
The Naabtal cycle path from Luhe-Wildenau to Regensburg leads through the village.
mobility
Citybus lines run by the Schmid bus company operate in the city. Long-distance buses are also available at the central bus station and good rail connections at the train station.
Tourist Attractions
- Schwandorf's landmark is the 1 Blow tower
- Greatest 2 Rock cellar labyrinth Bavaria
- City museum with objects on the history and culture of the city and its Upper Palatinate area
- Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus (Kebbel-Villa) in the Fronberg district: It contains a collection of paintings, graphics and sculptures, preferably by artists from Upper Palatinate.
- Market square with carillon and monk's fountain
- 3 Fronberg Castle in the Fronberg district
- Hammer lock in the Ettmannsdorf district
- New castle in the Ettmannsdorf district
- Catholic 4 Parish Church of St. Jacob
- Catholic parish and monastery church 5 To Our Lady of the Kreuzberg
activities
- Upper Palatinate Lake District: swimming, boating, water skiing, sailing, surfing, diving - the largest lakes in Eastern Bavaria and countless ponds and idyllic rivers
- Schwandorf adventure pool
- Adventure tour in the rock cellar labyrinth
- Thematic city tours
- Every two years a very nice town festival (next 2019)
shop
kitchen
- Farriers - home-style cooking
- Gasthof "Zum Dobmeier" - home-style cuisine
- Schmid Bräu - Croatian cuisine
- Färberhaus - German cuisine
- KostBar - German cuisine and breakfast
- Rossini - Italian cuisine
- Portofino - Italian cuisine
- Corfu tavern - Greek cuisine
- De Pellegrin - ice cream parlor
- 1 Plank brewery inn, Wiefelsdorfer Str. 1, 92421 Schwandorf-Wiefelsdorf. Tel.: 49 9431 60889. Home-brewed beers, seasonal cuisine, fish from Upper Palatinate ponds. Beer garden and holiday apartment.Open: Wed - Sun 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. and from 5:30 p.m.
nightlife
- La Tortilla Cocktail Bar (and Mexicans)
- Mocchito cocktail bar
- Café Schuierer
- Crepérie wine bar
- Fiasco Bar Lounge
- Wackersdorf Music Park
- Shisha Café Hody (Adolf-Kolping-Platz 1)
- Shisha Café Golden Goal
accommodation
trips
- Nabburg (19 km north, A 93) - Upper Palatinate Open Air Museum Neusath-Perschen.
- On the mountain (25 km northwest, B 85) - former ore mining town; preserved, medieval city wall with four gates and another gate over the river Vils, which forms a “city goggle” through a pillar standing in the water.
- regensburg (40 km south, A 93) - district capital, historic old town
literature
- Schwandorf in the past and present, city chronicle in 2 volumes, 2001
- Famous Schwandorf personalities, accompanying document for the exhibition in the anniversary year 2006, edited by Franz Sichler and Alfred Wolfsteiner
- Schwandorf 1000 years of history on the Naab, Alfred Wolfsteiner, 2006
- Chronicle and topography of Schwandorf, Joseph Pesserl, 1865, in: Negotiations of the Historical Association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg, also: Reprint 1989
- City address book Schwandorf, 2007 edition
- Schwandorf: The long way from the village to the city; Ceremonial lecture by Prof. Dr. Alois Schmid, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from July 22nd, 2006 on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of the city
- Schwandorf cultural guidance system; published in September 2006 by Ludwig Weingärtner in cooperation with the municipal building authority
Web links
- https://www.schwandorf.de/ - Official website of Schwandorf
