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Schwabach is a town in Middle Franconia.

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

• Schwabach Town Council website

North A6, with two exits off the autobahn.

• 49.32577411.0352741 Schwabach station. 20 minutes south of Nuremberg on  S2   
• 49.33833611.044712 Limbach halt. 

Map of Schwabach

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.

• 49.3290111.021361 Town Hall (Rathaus), Königsplatz 1. With gold leaf roof. (updated Jan 2016)
• 49.329111.021942 St John & St Martin Town Church (Stadtkirche St. Johannes und St. Martin). (updated Jan 2016)
• 49.3290611.020673 Beautiful Fountain (Schöner Brunnen). (updated Jan 2016)
• 49.3367911.018124 Town Museum (Stadtmuseum), Museumsstraße, ☏ +49 9122 833933. Exhibits from the town's past. Also in display one of the world famous Fabergé eggs. (updated Jan 2016)
• 49.33105511.0227035 Synagogue, Synagogengasse 10a, ☏ +49 911 770577, [email protected]. Now a Jewish museum showing wall paintings from the late Baroque period. (updated Jan 2016)
• 49.3311811.021286 Haq Yol Mosque, Glockengießergasse 6. (updated Jan 2016)

• 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

• 49.3283311.021221 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. (updated Jan 2016)

• 49.32246511.0434791 Holiday Inn Express Schwabach, Wendelsteiner Straße 4, ☏ +49 9122 1880880. Good quality rooms, standard HI Express furnishings. Good free buffet breakfast.