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Swabia (Government Region)

Swabia
Schwaben
Flag of Swabia
Coat of arms of Swabia
Map of Bavaria highlighting Swabia
Map of Bavaria highlighting Swabia
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Region seatAugsburg
Area
 • Total9,993.97 km2 (3,858.69 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total1,945,978
 • Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
WebsiteSchwaben

Swabia (Government Region) (German: Schwaben, Bavarian: Schwobm, Swabian: Schwaabe) or known as Bavarian Swabia (German: Bayerischer-Schwaben, Bavarian: Boarischa-Schwobm, Swabian: Bayrischa-Schwaabe) is one of the seven Regierungsbezirke of Bavaria, Germany. It is in southwest Bavaria.

There are 3 regions (Planungsregionen) in Swabia with the following rural districts and district-free towns/cities:
Allgäu: rural districts: Lindau, Oberallgäu and Ostallgäu; district-free towns: Kaufbeuren and Kempten;
Augsburg: rural districts: Aichach-Friedberg, Augsburg, Dillingen and Donau-Ries and the district-free city Augsburg;
Donau-Iller: in Bavaria: rural districts: Günzburg, Neu-Ulm and Unterallgäu and the district-free town Memmingen; in Baden-Württemberg: rural districts: Alb-Donau and Biberach and the district-free city Ulm;

Landkreise
(districts)
Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)
Natural regions
  1. Aichach-Friedberg
  2. Augsburg
  3. Dillingen
  4. Donau-Ries
  5. Günzburg
  6. Lindau
  7. Neu-Ulm
  8. Oberallgäu
  9. Ostallgäu
  10. Unterallgäu
  1. Augsburg
  2. Kaufbeuren
  3. Kempten
  4. Memmingen

* Part of the Swabian Keuper Land

  1. Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) .

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