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, subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp in Berga / Elster