Bavarian Swabia
Bavarian Swabia is in the western part of Bavaria and its borders coincide with the administrative region, of which there are seven. Bavarian Swabia is a part of the much larger Schwaben cultural region which extends across borders into the eastern part of the neighbouring Land of Baden-Württemberg, the northern fringe of Switzerland, the Vorarlberg of Austria and Liechtenstein.Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Augsburg and Kempten.
Augsburg
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Augsburg is a lovely metropolitan city of 300,000 people and around 885,000 in the urban area in the German Bundesland of Bavaria. Some 60 km northwest of Munich, it is one of the oldest German cities.
Kempten
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Kempten is a city of 69,000 people in Swabia, Bavaria, is on the banks of the Iller in the foothills of the Allgäu Alps.
Memmingen
Memmingen is a city of about 44,000 people in the German Federal State of Bavaria. The numerous courtyards, patricians' houses and fortification in its old town are well worth seeing.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Füssen and Neu-Ulm.
Füssen
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Füssen in Allgäu is an enchanting town in the south of Bavaria, Germany known for the Hohes Schloss and its Basilica and former Benedictine monastery of St Mang.
Neu-Ulm
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Neu-Ulm is a town in Bavarian Swabia. It's just across the Danube from Ulm. In many ways Neu-Ulm serves as a suburb of Ulm, but it has attractions of its own.
Lindau
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Lindau is a city in southern Bavaria on the shore of Lake Constance or the Bodensee. It lies on the border of the Austrian federal-state of Vorarlberg with its capital city Bregenz which is about 10 km along the lake.
Landsberg am Lech
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Landsberg am Lech is a town in southwest Bavaria, Germany, about 65 kilometers west of Munich and 35 kilometers south of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Landsberg am Lech.
Nördlingen
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Nördlingen is a city in Swabia in the German state of Bavaria. It is one of only three towns in Germany that still have completely intact city walls. It was built in the impact crater of a meteorite.
Donauwörth
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Donauwörth is a town and the capital of the Donau-Ries district in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is said to have been founded by two fishermen where the rivers Danube and Wörnitz meet.
Günzburg
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Günzburg is a town in the Swabian district of Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Günz and Danube rivers. Known for its historical significance, Baroque architecture, and proximity to the popular Legoland Deutschland Resort, Günzburg offers a blend of cultural heritage and family-friendly attractions.
Sonthofen
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Sonthofen is a city in the Bavarian part of Swabia in Allgäu. Sonthofen is a small city with 21,000 citizens which was elected Alpine City 2005. Sonthofen is an excellent base for the further exploration of the Oberallgäu.
Friedberg
Friedberg is a charming town in the Aichach-Friedberg district of Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is 6 km east of Augsburg along the Romantic Road. With a population of around 30,000, Friedberg blends medieval history with Bavarian hospitality, offering visitors a mix of cultural landmarks, outdoor activities, and proximity to the vibrant city of Augsburg.
Harburg
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Harburg is a town of 5,600 people in Swabia in the German state of Bavaria on the Romantic Road. The town sits at the foot of Harburg Castle, which is one of the largest, oldest and best preserved castles in southern Germany.
Halblech
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Halblech is a municipality in the district of Ostallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. It is named after the nearby Halblech River. In 1976, the former municipalities of Buching and Trauchgau were merged into Halblech.
Bavarian Swabia
- Type: Region with 1,930,000 residents
- Description: government region of Bavaria, Germany
- Also known as: “Swabia” and “Swabia Government Region”
- Neighbors: Middle Franconia and Upper Bavaria
- Categories: Regierungsbezirk and regional district in Bavaria
- Location: Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
48.2501° or 48° 15′ 0″ northLongitude of center
10.4997° or 10° 29′ 59″ eastPopulation
1,930,000Elevation
560 metres (1,837 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 4696326925GeoNames ID
2835521Wikidata ID
Q10557
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bavarian Swabia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شفابن”
- Arabic: “صوابة البوارية”
- Arabic: “صوابة”
- Arabic: “صُوَابَة”
- Aragonese: “Suabia”
- Aragonese: “Suebia”
- Armenian: “Շվաբիա”
- Asturian: “Suabia”
- Azerbaijani: “Şvabiya dairəsi”
- Azerbaijani: “Şvabiya”
- Balinese: “Schwaben, Bayern”
- Basque: “Suabia”
- Bavarian: “Schwobm”
- Belarusian: “адміністрацыйная акруга Швабія”
- Belarusian: “Адміністрацыйная акруга Швабія”
- Belarusian: “Швабія”
- Breton: “Swabia”
- Bulgarian: “Швабия”
- Catalan: “Suàbia”
- Cebuano: “Swabia”
- Chinese: “施瓦本行政区”
- Crimean Tatar: “Şvabiya”
- Croatian: “Švapska”
- Czech: “Švábsko”
- Danish: “Schwaben”
- Dutch: “Bezirk Schwaben”
- Dutch: “Regierungsbezirk Schwaben”
- Dutch: “Schwaben”
- Dutch: “Zwaben”
- Esperanto: “Distriktaro Ŝvabio”
- Estonian: “Švaabimaa ringkond”
- Finnish: “Schwabenin hallintopiiri”
- French: “district de Souabe”
- French: “District de Souabe”
- French: “Souabe”
- Galician: “Suabia”
- Georgian: “შვაბია”
- German: “Regierungsbezirk Schwaben”
- German: “Schwaben”
- Greek: “Σουαβία (διοικητική περιφέρεια)”
- Hebrew: “שוואביה”
- Hungarian: “Svábföld”
- Indonesian: “Swabia”
- Interlingue: “Districte Suebia”
- Italian: “distretto della Svevia”
- Italian: “Distretto della Svevia”
- Italian: “Svevia”
- Japanese: “シュヴァーベン県”
- Japanese: “シュヴァーベン行政管区”
- Kazakh: “Швабия”
- Korean: “슈바벤현”
- Kurdish: “Swabya”
- Latin: “Suebia”
- Latvian: “Švābija (Bavārija)”
- Latvian: “Švābija”
- Lithuanian: “Švabija”
- Lombard: “Svevia”
- Low German: “Swaben”
- Luxembourgish: “Regierungsbezierk Schwaben”
- Luxembourgish: “Schwaben”
- Macedonian: “Швабија”
- Northern Frisian: “Schwaben (Bayern)”
- Northern Frisian: “Schwaben”
- Northern Sami: “Schwaben (Bayern)”
- Northern Sami: “Schwaben”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Schwaben”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schwaben”
- Norwegian: “Schwaben”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Soabia”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Swǣfe”
- Ossetian: “Шваби (зылд)”
- Ossetian: “Шваби”
- Persian: “شوابن”
- Persian: “شوابیا (باواریا)”
- Polish: “Rejencja Szwabia”
- Polish: “Szwabia”
- Portuguese: “Suábia”
- Romanian: “Suabia”
- Romanian: “Șvabia”
- Russian: “Административный округ Швабия”
- Russian: “Швабия”
- Serbian: “Швабија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Švapska”
- Sicilian: “Svevia”
- Slovak: “Švábsko”
- Slovenian: “Švabska”
- Spanish: “Distrito administrativo de Suabia”
- Spanish: “Schwaben”
- Spanish: “Schwobm”
- Spanish: “Suabia”
- Swedish: “Schwaben”
- Swiss German: “Schwaabe”
- Tamil: “சுவாபியா”
- Thai: “ชวาเบิน”
- Tosk Albanian: “Schwaben”
- Turkish: “Svabya”
- Ukrainian: “Округ Швабія”
- Ukrainian: “Швабія”
- Urdu: “سویبیا (باواریا)”
- Urdu: “سویبیا”
- Vietnamese: “Schwaben”
- “Schwaben”
- “Șvabi”
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