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Swabian Mountains

The Swabian Jura, sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in , Germany, extending 220 km from southwest to northeast and 40 to 70 km in width.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Ulm and Tübingen.

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is a town at the edge of in , southwestern . It is home to the highest church steeple in the world, even higher than the Cathedral of .

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is a small university town near the geographic centre of , roughly 30 km southwest of . The medieval architecture, the students' joie de vivre, the 40% of residents who vote for the Green Party, the absurd charm of the constant festivals that wind through the streets… it's a unique little spot.

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is rich in history and traditions as a former Free Imperial City and is with a population of about 116,000 among the top ten cities in .

Destinations to Discover

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an der Brenz, or just , is a town in in southern . It is located near the border with , approximately 17 km south of and 33 km north of .

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is a town in , capital of the . , Möhringen and Eßlingen are three former municipalities that belong to . is located in east of the region in the Swabian Jura.

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is a small city in , . It is situated in the , between and . It consists of the city itself and its suburbs , Baldern, Flochberg, Kerkingen, Oberdorf, Schloßberg, Trochtelfingen, and Unterriffingen.

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is a wooded region on the northern edge of Swabian Mountains and the southern part of the .

Swabian Mountains

Latitude of center
48.398° or 48° 23′ 53″ north
Longitude of center
9.6562° or 9° 39′ 22″ east
Elevation
849 metres (2,785 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
way 628138759
Geo­Names ID
2835483
Wiki­data ID
Q159589
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Swabian Mountains” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Swabiese Alb”
  • Arabic: “جبال الألب الشفابية”
  • Arabic: “شفابن جورا”
  • Basque: “Suabiako Jura”
  • Basque: “Swabiako Jura”
  • Bavarian: “Schwäbisch Alb”
  • Bulgarian: “Швабска Юра”
  • Catalan: “Jura de Suàbia”
  • Cebuano: “Swabian Jura”
  • Chinese: “施瓦本山”
  • Croatian: “Švapska Jura”
  • Czech: “Schwäbische Alb”
  • Czech: “Švábská Alba”
  • Czech: “Švábská Jura”
  • Czech: “Švábský Jura”
  • Danish: “Schwäbische Alb”
  • Dutch: “Schwabische Alb”
  • Dutch: “Schwäbische Alb”
  • Dutch: “Schwaebische Alb”
  • Dutch: “Zwabische alpen”
  • Dutch: “Zwabische Jura”
  • Esperanto: “Schwäbische Alb”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝvabia Ĵuraso”
  • Finnish: “Schwabenin Jura”
  • Finnish: “Swabenin Jura”
  • French: “Jura souabe”
  • Galician: “Alpes Suábicos”
  • Georgian: “შვაბიის ალბი”
  • German: “Rauhe Alb”
  • German: “Schwäbische Alb”
  • German: “Schwäbischer Jura”
  • Hebrew: “שוויבישה אלב”
  • Hungarian: “Sváb-Alb”
  • Icelandic: “Svafnesku alparnir”
  • Icelandic: “Sváfu Alb”
  • Italian: “Alpi sveve”
  • Italian: “Giura svevo”
  • Japanese: “シュヴァーベン・アルプ”
  • Japanese: “シュヴァーベンジュラ山脈”
  • Japanese: “シュヴェービシェ・アルプ”
  • Japanese: “シュヴェビッシェアルプ”
  • Latin: “Alpes Suevicae”
  • Latin: “Montes Albi”
  • Lithuanian: “Švabijos Alpės”
  • Macedonian: “Швапска Јура”
  • Macedonian: “Швапски Алб”
  • Macedonian: “Швапски Алпи”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sweebisk Alb”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schwäbische Alb”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schwabiske alper”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schwabisk Alb”
  • Norwegian: “Schwäbische Alb”
  • Ossetian: “Швабийы Альб”
  • Persian: “آلپ سوابی”
  • Polish: “Jura Szwabska”
  • Polish: “Schwäbische Alb”
  • Portuguese: “Alpes Suábios”
  • Romanian: “Jura Suabă”
  • Romanian: “Schwabische Alb”
  • Romanian: “Schwäbische Alb”
  • Russian: “Альп, горная цепь в Европе”
  • Russian: “Швабская Юра”
  • Russian: “Швабские Альбы”
  • Russian: “Швабский Альб”
  • Slovak: “Švábska Jura”
  • Slovenian: “Švabska Jura”
  • Spanish: “Jura de Suabia”
  • Spanish: “Jura Suabo”
  • Spanish: “Schwabische Alb”
  • Spanish: “Schwäbische Alb”
  • Swedish: “Schwäbische Alb”
  • Swiss German: “Schwäbische Alb”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Schwäbische Alb”
  • Turkish: “Svabya Alpleri”
  • Turkish: “Swabian Alb”
  • Ukrainian: “Швабський Альб”
  • Uzbek: “Shvabiya yurasi”
  • Venetian: “Alpe sveve”
  • Western Panjabi: “سوابی پعاڑ”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Swabian Mountains”. Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.