Zwiesel
Zwiesel | |
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 The town of Zwiesel with the Church of Saint Nicholas | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Zwiesel within Regen district  | |
  Zwiesel  Zwiesel | |
| Coordinates: 49°01′N 13°14′E / 49.017°N 13.233°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Niederbayern |
| District | Regen |
| Subdivisions | 8 districts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2016–22) | Franz Xaver Steininger[1] (Ind.) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41.14 km2 (15.88 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 750 m (2,460 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 580 m (1,900 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 9,045 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 94227 |
| Dialling codes | 09922 |
| Vehicle registration | REG |
| Website | www.zwiesel.de |
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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]Zwiesel has 11 districts:
- Ableg
- Bärnzell
- Glasberg
- Griesbach
- Innenried
- Klautzenbach
- Lichtenthal
- Rabenstein
- Theresienthal
- Zwiesel
- Zwieselberg
Twin towns
[change | change source]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
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, accessed 19 July 2021.
- ↑ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) .
Other websites
[change | change source]- Official site (in German)
- Zwiesel tourist office (in German)
- Schott glassmakers
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