schwandorf (district)

Schwandorf is a Kreis (district) in the east part of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Cham, Regensburg, Neumarkt, Amberg-Sulzbach, Neustadt (Waldnaab), and the Czech Plzen Region.

Geography

The main rivers of the district are the Naab and the Regen.

History

The district was created in 1972 by merging the previous districts Burglengenfeld, Oberviechtach, Nabburg, Neunburg vorm Wald, and the previously district-free city Schwandorf.

Coat of arms

||The coat of arms shows the lion of the Palatinate to the left. The tower in the right half symbolizes the many fortresses and castles in the district. The wavy line and the mill wheel in the bottom stand for the many rivers and the water mills in the district.

Towns and municipalities

width=25% align=left\|Markt	width=25% align=left\|Verwaltungsgemeinschaften	width=25% align=left\|free municipalities
Burglengenfeld Maxhtte-Haidhof Nabburg¹ Neunburg vorm Wald¹ Nittenau Oberviechtach Pfreimd¹ Schnsee¹ Schwandorf Teublitz	\| Bruck in der Oberpfalz Neukirchen-Balbini¹ Wernberg-Kblitz Schwarzenfeld¹ Schwarzhofen¹ Winklarn¹	\| Nabburg Neunburg vorm Wald Oberviechtach Pfreimd Schnsee Schwarzenfeld Wackersdorf	\| Bodenwhr Fensterbach Schmidgaden
olspan=4\|¹ administrated within a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

External links

Official website (German)

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