Schwabach

:For other uses see Schwabach (disambiguation).

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Schwabach is a German city of about 40,000 inhabitants near Nuremberg in the middle of the Franconia district of Bavaria. The city is an autonomous administrative district (kreisfreie Stadt). Schwabach is also the name of a river which flows past the city and then joins the Rednitz.

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German - Nuremberg - Franconia - Bavaria - Rednitz

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Schwabach is famous for its crafts made of gold, and particularly gold foil. In 2004, Schwabach celebrated this tradition with an anniversary festival marking "500 years gold foil in Schwabach". In around 1500 a Schwabacher typesetter developed the "Schwabacher" font in which, for example, Luther's Bible translation was printed.

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Gold - Gold foil - Luther's Bible

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