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{{Infobox German location
|type               = Stadt
|image_flag           = Flagge Schwabach.svg
|image_coa            = DEU Schwabach COA.svg
|image_photo       = Schwabach - Marktplatz 1.jpg
|image_caption     = Market square
|coordinates       = {{coord|49|19|45|N|11|1|15|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan          =
|state        = Bayern
|region  = Middle Franconia
|district         = Kreisfreie Stadt
|elevation              = 326
|area            = 40.8
|postal_code               = 91101–91126
|area_code           = 09122, 0911
|licence               = SC
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 5 65 000
|mayor             = Peter Reiß<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der Oberbürgermeister in den kreisfreien Städten], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], accessed 19 July 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2020&ndash;26
|Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister
|party             = SPD
|website           = [https://www.schwabach.de/ www.schwabach.de]
}}

'''Schwabach''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʃvaːbax|-|De-Schwabach.ogg}}) is a German [[Town#Germany|city]] of about 40,000 inhabitants near [[Nuremberg]] in the centre of the region of [[Franconia]] in the north of [[Bavaria]]. Together with the neighboring cities of [[Nuremberg]], [[Fürth]] and [[Erlangen]], Schwabach forms one of the three metropolitan areas in Bavaria. The city is an autonomous administrative district (''kreisfreie Stadt''). Schwabach is also the name of the river which runs through the city prior to joining the [[Rednitz]].

Schwabach is famous for its crafts made of [[gold]], particularly [[metal leaf|gold foil]]. In 2004, Schwabach celebrated this tradition with an anniversary festival, marking "500 years gold foil in Schwabach".

Around 1500, a local typesetter developed the "[[Schwabacher]]" font. This font was used for printing the first Bible in German, which had been worked out by [[Martin Luther]].

==Etymology==
{{stack|[[File:Golddach (fcm).jpg|thumb|150px|The gold roof of the city hall]]}}
The name derives from the old [[Franconia]]n name ''Suapaha'' (later ''Suabaha'', then ''Villa Suabach'') which translates as "Schwaben-Bach" in modern [[German language|German]], which means "[[Swabia]]n [[stream]]", the first part of the name was given by the Franconians who came to the area about a millennium after the [[Hallstatt culture]] to the people living on the banks of that stream, which were perceived as "[[Swabia]]ns" by them, while the second part of the name is a reference to the stream which flows through the city.

==Timeline==
*750 BC–AD 500: Archaeological evidence of settlement.
*600–700: Name Schwabach first used to refer to the settlement and the river.
*1346: City wall built.
*1371: Municipal law established.
*1469: Town church built (still in use).
*1500: (ca.) Schwabacher font invented.
*1528: City hall built (still in use).
*1633: First needle factory established in Schwabach.
*1723: Schwabach river flooded to highest point ever. Markings of the flood are still visible.
*1768: The landmark ''Old [[Tilia|Linden Tree]]'' planted (still there).
*1792: Schwabach became part of [[Prussia]].
*1797: [[Johann Goethe|Goethe]] stayed overnight in Schwabach.
*1806: Schwabach became part of Bavaria.
*1849: Railway station built.
*1941: Schwabach bombed in [[World War II]]
*1945: American military base established in Schwabach.
*1953: City coat-of-arms introduced.
*1972: Schwabach became an autonomous administrative district.
*1980: Schwabach receives the European Union prize for cultural heritage.
*1992: US Army to be withdrawn from Schwabach and surrounding areas.
*2004: 500-year anniversary celebration of the gold foil industry.

==Companies==
*[[Apollo-Optik]], optics company

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Schwabach is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Partnerstädte|url=https://www.schwabach.de/de/stadtverwaltung/oberbuergermeister/106-kulturamt/129-einrichtungen-und-sachgebiete/186-partnerstaedte.html|website=schwabach.de|publisher=Schwabach|language=de|access-date=2021-03-19|archive-date=2020-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921054447/https://www.schwabach.de/de/stadtverwaltung/oberbuergermeister/106-kulturamt/129-einrichtungen-und-sachgebiete/186-partnerstaedte.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Les Sables-d'Olonne]], France (1975)
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Kemer]], Turkey (1998)
*{{flagicon|GRC}} [[Kalabaka]], Greece (2002)
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Coronel Suárez Partido | Coronel Suárez]], Argentina (2018)

==Notable people==
*[[Jean-Philippe Baratier]] (1721 - 1740), german scholar, child prodigy
*[[Johann Gottfried Zinn]] (1727–1759), anatomist and botanist
*[[Adolf von Henselt]] (1814–1889), composer and pianist
*[[Hans Schuberth]] (1897–1976), politician (CSU), Federal Minister for affairs of telecommunication
*[[Matthias Volz]] (1910–2004), artistic gymnast, Olympic champion
*[[Manfred Ritschel]] (born 1946), football player
*[[Walter Zimmermann]] (born 1949), composer 
*[[Ralf Baumeister]] (born 1961), professor of bioinformatics and molecular genetics
*[[Bernhard Grill]] (born 1961), electrical engineer, [[MP3]] format developer

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Schwabach}}
*{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Schwabach|short=x}}

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