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Schwabach is a town in Middle Franconia.

Understand

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Town Hall and Beautiful Fountain in König Square. Town Church Clock Tower in the background

The town is famous for its goldsmith crafts, in particular gold leaf work.

Local information

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Get in

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By road

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North A6, with two exits off the autobahn.

By rail

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  • 1 Schwabach station. 20 minutes south of Nuremberg on  S2  Schwabach (Q9334499) on Wikidata Schwabach station on Wikipedia
  • 2 Limbach halt.

Get around

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Map
Map of Schwabach

By bike

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Bikeshare

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Schwabach is part of the VAG Rad scheme. Bikes can be rented via the app for €0.10 starting fee plus €0.10 per minute. You can return the bike at any of the fixed stations throughout Schwabach, Fürth, Nuremberg and Erlangen or in the "Flex Zone" in central Nuremberg, Fürth and Erlangen.

See

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  • 1 Town Hall (Rathaus), Königsplatz 1. With gold leaf roof.
  • 2 St John & St Martin Town Church (Stadtkirche St. Johannes und St. Martin).
  • 3 Beautiful Fountain (Schöner Brunnen).
  • 4 Town Museum (Stadtmuseum), Museumsstraße, +49 9122 833933. Exhibits from the town's past. Also in display one of the world famous Fabergé eggs.
  • 5 Synagogue, Synagogengasse 10a, +49 911 770577, . Now a Jewish museum showing wall paintings from the late Baroque period.
  • 6 Haq Yol Mosque, Glockengießergasse 6.

Do

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Events==

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  • Citizens' Festival (July)
  • innkeeper's festival
  • Summer Night Festival of the Volunteer Fire Department (June/July)
  • Legend Festival (1st weekend in May, Heidenberg)
  • Linden Festival of the KG "Die Schwabanesen"
  • Christmas market
  • carnival parade through Schwabach
  • Spring FestivalKirchweih (“Kärwa”) (September)
  • Ortung, an art exhibition that has been held every two years since 1999
  • Schwabach Sportsnight
  • Golden Night
  • LesArt/Literaturtage Schwabach
  • International Puppet Theater Festival

Buy

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Hüttlinger Shopping Arcade from Rathausgasse
  • 1 Das Hüttlinger, Königsplatz 21. A shopping arcade on the grounds of the former company Johann Leonhard Hüttlinger at Rathausgasse. After the initiative of private investors the building complex was extensively renovated and reopened in 2007 as a shopping and catering centre.

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