Swabia (Government Region)

Swabia (Government Region) (, 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 Aichach-Friedberg
 Augsburg
 Dillingen
 Donau-Ries
 Günzburg
 Lindau
 Neu-Ulm
 Oberallgäu
 Ostallgäu
 Unterallgäu Augsburg
 Kaufbeuren
 Kempten
 MemmingenNördlingen Ries* 
Swabian Jura
Iller-Lech Plateau
Southern Alpine Foreland
Swabian-Bavarian Pre-Alps
Northern Limestone Alps
Upper Swabia
* Part of the Swabian Keuper Land

 Population 
Historical Population of Swabia:
1939:   934,311
1950: 1,293,734
1961: 1,340,217
1970: 1,467,454
1987: 1,546,504
2002: 1,776,465
2005: 1,788,919
2006: 1,786,764

 References 

Other websites
Official website

Category:Swabia (Bavaria)