Swabia, Germany

Swabia, Germany

Swabia Germany

Swabia is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria in Germany. The Bavarian administrative region of Swabia covers the eastern part of the former duchy of Swabia. After the execution of the Swabian duke Conradin in Naples in 1268, his uncle, the Bavarian duke Louis, inherited some of Conradin’s possessions in Swabia. In 1803, with the German Mediatisation, Bavaria acquired further eastern Swabian territories, which were merged with Palatinate-Neuburg. After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria, the state was completely reorganised and, in 1808, divided into 15 administrative districts (German: Regierungsbezirke), called Kreise in Bavaria. These were modelled on the French départements, roughly equal in size and population, and named after their main rivers. Over the following years, due to territorial changes (for example the loss of Tyrol and the addition of the Palatinate), the number of districts was reduced to eight. The Swabian territories were merged with Palatinate-Neuburg and the new district was called Oberdonaukreis (Upper Danube District). In 1837, King Ludwig I of Bavaria renamed all the districts after historical territorial names and the tribes associated with each area, which also involved some changes to borders and territorial swaps. As a result, Oberdonaukreis was renamed Swabia. In 1945, the town of Lindau was separated by France, but it was reunited with the district of Swabia in 1955. In 1972, the former Swabian city of Neuburg an der Donau was reunited with the district of Upper Bavaria.
Recommended airport
Augsburg HBF (AUB)
Nearby destinations
  • Ulm a 39.69 km
  • Augsburg a 33.03 km
  • Aalen a 47.17 km