Zwiesel

Zwiesel, Czech: Svízel, is a town in Regen. The name of the town comes from the Bavarian word stem "zwisl" which refers to the form of a fork. The fork of the rivers Großer Regen and Kleiner Regen and the land that is between these two rivers were called Zwiesel.

Geography
The town of Zwiesel  is in an valley basin at the foot of the mountain range formed by the peaks of the Großer Arber (1,456 m), Großer Falkenstein (1,315 m) and Kiesruck (1,265 m), exactly at the spot where the two rivers, the Großer Regen and the Kleiner Regen join and form the Black Regen. It is 10 km to the north-east of the district town of Regen, 35 km from the town of Deggendorf, 30 km from the town of Grafenau and 15 km from the border crossing point at Bayerisch Eisenstein, entry point to the Czech Republic. 

Division of the town
Zwiesel has 11 districts:
 Ableg
 Bärnzell
 Glasberg
 Griesbach
 Innenried
 Klautzenbach 
 Lichtenthal
 Rabenstein
 Theresienthal
 Zwiesel
 Zwieselberg

Twin towns
Since May 2006 the Glass town of Zwiesel has maintained an official town twinning with the port town of Brake (Lower Saxony) at the river Weser. Brake is about 800 km from Zwiesel.

Pictures

References

Other websites
 Official site 
 Zwiesel tourist office 
 Schott glassmakers

Category:Regen (district)