Schwaig

Schwaig b.Nürnberg
Schwaig b.Nürnberg
	Saint Magdalene Church
	; Coat of arms
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	Schwaig b.Nürnberg Location of Schwaig b.Nürnberg within Nürnberger Land district
	Coordinates: 49°28′09″N11°12′03″E / 49.46917°N 11.20083°E Coordinates: 49°28′09″N11°12′03″E / 49.46917°N 11.20083°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Mittelfranken
District	Nürnberger Land
Government
• Mayor	Ruth Thurner (FW)
Area
• Total	5.89 km2 (2.27 sq mi)
Elevation	320 m (1,050 ft)
Population (2016-12-31) [1]
• Total	8,683
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	90571
Dialling codes	0911
Vehicle registration	LAU, ESB, HEB, N, PEG
Website	www.schwaig.de

Last updated February 21, 2019

Schwaig is a municipality in the district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria in Germany.

Nürnberger Land is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Forchheim, Bayreuth, Amberg-Sulzbach, Neumarkt, Roth and Erlangen-Höchstadt, and by the city of Nuremberg.

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner. With an area of 70,550.19 square kilometres, Bavaria is the largest German state by land area. Its territory comprises roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With 13 million inhabitants, it is Germany's second-most-populous state after North Rhine-Westphalia. Bavaria's capital and largest city, Munich, is the third-largest city in Germany.

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

In 1979 the municipalities Schwaig and Behringersdorf were merged to form the current municipality.^[2] Behringersdorf has a railway station on the Nuremberg–Cheb railway.

The Nuremberg–Cheb railway is a 151 km long, non-electrified main line, mainly in the German state of Bavaria. It runs from Nuremberg via Lauf an der Pegnitz, Hersbruck, Pegnitz, Kirchenlaibach, Marktredwitz and Schirnding to Cheb in the Czech Republic. The route is also known as the RightPegnitz line (German: rechte Pegnitzstrecke or the Pegnitz Valley Railway. It was built as the Fichtel Range Railway. The Nuremberg–Schnabelwaid section of it is part of the Saxon-Franconian trunk line.

Notable people

Hans-Johann Färber (born 1947), Olympic rower^[3]
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References

↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). January 2018.
↑ Heyl, Stephanie. "Gemeinde Schwaig b.Nürnberg". Haus der Bayrischen Geschichte. Retrieved 2017-10-16. Schwaig b. Nürnberg führt seit 1960 den Namenszusatz 'bei Nürnberg' und besteht seit 1976 aus den ehemals selbstständigen Gemeinden Schwaig und Behringersdorf.
↑ Hellemann, Pia (7 February 2018). "Erdings Olympia-Held fiebert mit" [Erding's Olympic hero is engrossed]. Münchner Merkur (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
↑ "Die doppelte Zeidler-Show" [The double Zeidler-show]. Münchner Merkur (in German). 6 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

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[1] "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). January 2018.

[2] Heyl, Stephanie. "Gemeinde Schwaig b.Nürnberg". Haus der Bayrischen Geschichte. Retrieved 2017-10-16. Schwaig b. Nürnberg führt seit 1960 den Namenszusatz 'bei Nürnberg' und besteht seit 1976 aus den ehemals selbstständigen Gemeinden Schwaig und Behringersdorf.

[3] Hellemann, Pia (7 February 2018). "Erdings Olympia-Held fiebert mit" [Erding's Olympic hero is engrossed]. Münchner Merkur (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[4] "Die doppelte Zeidler-Show" [The double Zeidler-show]. Münchner Merkur (in German). 6 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2018.