Swabia

Swabia (German Schwaben), so called from the Suevi who inhabited it of old, is an ancient German duchy. It, together with Bavaria, formed the kernel of the newly-formed Germany (843). In 1376 was formed the Swabian League, and in the 14th century it formed the southwestern and most fertile part of Germany. It had on the E. Bavaria, and the Rhine separated it from Switzerland on the S. and from France on the W. Swabia, which cantained 13,000 square miles and had for its capital Augsburg, is now divided among Wurtemberg, Bavaria, Baden, Hohenzol1ern, and Lichtenstein.