Schwalbe
# Schwalbe

Schwalbe (German for swallow) may refer to:

## Technology

* Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe, the first functional jet fighter
* Raab-Katzenstein KL.1 Schwalbe, German biplane produced in the 1920s
* Schwalbe (tire manufacturer), a brand name of Ralf Bohle GmbH
* Simson KR 51/2 Schwalbe, a motorcycle manufactured by Simson
* Schwalbe-class cruiser, German class of unprotected cruiser ships
   * SMS Schwalbe, lead ship of the Schwalbe class

## Medicine

* Schwalbe's line, anatomical line on the interior surface of the eye's cornea, named for Gustav Schwalbe

## Sports

* Die Schwalbe, a German chess composition society, and its magazine, Die Schwalbe
* FC Schwalbe Hannover, a German rugby union club
* Diving (association football), an attempt by a player to gain an unfair advantage by diving to the ground

## Surname

* Ernst Schwalbe (1871–1920), German pathologist
* Felix Schwalbe (1892–1974), German Wehrmacht general
* Gustav Albert Schwalbe (1844-1916), German anatomist and anthropologist
* Gustav Christian Schwabe (1813–1897), German-born merchant and financier
* Harry O. Schwalbe (1874–1935), American businessman
* Ingeborg Schwalbe (1935), German athlete
* Mary Anne Schwalbe (1934–2009), American university administrator and refugee worker
* Michel Schwalbé (1919–2012), French-Polish violinist
* Nina Schwalbe (1966), American public health researcher
* Ole Schwalbe (1929–1990), Danish painter
* William Schwalbe (1962), American author

## Other uses

* Schwalbe V [de], subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp in Berga / Elster
