The Bavarian administrative region of Swabia is the eastern part of the
Duchy of Swabia. After the execution of the Swabian duke
Conradin in
Naples in 1268, his uncle, the Bavarian duke
Louis, inherited some of Conradin's possessions in Swabia. In 1803, with the
German Mediatisation, Bavaria acquired the further East Swabian territories, which were merged with
Palatinate-Neuburg. After the founding of the
Kingdom of Bavaria, the state was totally reorganised and, in 1808, divided into 15 administrative districts (), in Bavaria called . They were created in the fashion of the
French departements, quite even in size and population, and named after their main rivers. In the following years, due to territorial changes (e.g. the loss of
Tyrol, the addition of the
Palatinate), the number of districts was reduced to 8. The Swabian territories were merged with
Palatinate-Neuburg and the new district was called (Upper Danube District). In 1837, king
Ludwig I of Bavaria renamed all the districts after historical territorial names and tribes of the area. This also involved some border changes or territorial swaps. Thus the name changed to Swabia. In 1945, the town of
Lindau was detached from Bavaria by France, but it was reunited with the district of Swabia in 1955. In 1972, the former Swabian city
Neuburg an der Donau was reunited with the district of
Upper Bavaria. ==Main sites==