Schwabach
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{{dablink|For other uses see [[Schwabach (disambiguation)]].}}
{{Infobox German Location
|Art = Stadt
|Wappen = Wappen Schwabach.png
|lat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 19 |lat_sec = 45
|lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 1 |lon_sec = 15
|Lageplan =
|Bundesland = Bayern
|Regierungsbezirk = Mittelfranken
|Landkreis = Kreisfreie Stadt
|Höhe = 326
|Fläche = 40.71
|Einwohner = 38791
|Stand = 2005-12-31
|PLZ = 91101–91126
|PLZ-alt = 8540
|Vorwahl = 09122, 0911
|Kfz = SC
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 5 65 000
|LOCODE = DE SWB
|Adresse = Königsplatz 1<br />91126 Schwabach
|Website = [http://www.schwabach.de/ www.schwabach.de]
|Bürgermeister = Matthias Thürauf
|Bürgermeistertitel= Oberbürgermeister
|Partei = CSU
}}
'''Schwabach''' is a [[Germany|German]] city of about 40,000 inhabitants near [[Nuremberg]], in the center of the region of [[Franconia]] in the North of [[Bavaria]]. The city is an autonomous administrative district (''kreisfreie Stadt''). Schwabach is also the name of a river which runs through the city prior joining the [[Rednitz]].
Schwabach is famous for its crafts made of [[gold]], and particularly [[metal leaf|gold foil]]. In 2004, Schwabach celebrated this tradition with an anniversary festival marking "500 years gold foil in Schwabach".
Around the year 1500 a local typesetter developed the "Schwabacher" font. This font was used for printing the first bible in German translation, which had been worked out by [[Martin Luther]].
Schwabach is also the birthplace of composer [[Adolf von Henselt]], the botanist [[Johann Gottfried Zinn]], the biologist [[Ralf Baumeister]] and one of the developers of [[mp3]], [[Bernhard Grill]].
==Etmology==
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 millenea 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 town.
==Timeline==
[[Image:Golddach fcm.jpg|thumb|left|The gold roof of the Schwabach town hall]]
*750-500: [[Common Era|BCE]] 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: [[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.
*1975: Partner-city relationship with [[Les Sables d'Olonne]] established.
*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.
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