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Schwandorf

Western Europe

Schwandorf is a town in the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria, Germany, seat of the Schwandorf district, situated on the Naab river with 29,877 residents as of December 2024. First documented in 1006, it received its municipal constitution in 1299 and full city rights in 1446, and grew into an important railway junction during the nineteenth century.

Facts
Population
29,836 1
Area (sq km)
123.76 1
Founding Year
1006 2
Founding Year
1006 2
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
366 1
Latitude
49.3236 degrees north 1
Longitude
12.09935 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
1. Schwandorf (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 29,836 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 49.3236, longitude 12.09935
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 366 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 123.76 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 29836 (2025)
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2. Schwandorf (Wikipedia)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1006
    Schwandorf was first mentioned in writing in 1006 AD in a document from the monastery of Saint Emmeram as Suainicondorf on the river Naba ( Naab ) in the area of the diocese of Regensburg.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1006
    Schwandorf was first mentioned in writing in 1006 AD in a document from the monastery of Saint Emmeram as Suainicondorf on the river Naba ( Naab ) in the area of the diocese of Regensburg.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1006
    Schwandorf was first mentioned in writing in 1006 AD in a document from the monastery of Saint Emmeram as Suainicondorf on the river Naba ( Naab ) in the area of the diocese of Regensburg.
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
  • On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
    pronunciation: [ˈʃvaːndɔʁf] ) is a town in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria, Germany
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3. GeoNames: Schwandorf in Bayern - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2835297
    49.32534 12.1098 P PPLA3 DE 02 093 09376 09376161 28235 363 Europe/Berlin
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 363 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 49.25, 12.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 49.25, 12.25
49.25 12.25 Cfb
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