Schweinfurt City closes: a farewell to 11,000 articles and more!

Schweinfurt City closes: a farewell to 11,000 articles and more!

On June 13, 2025, a chapter will be closed in the digital history of Schweinfurt: The blog Swity.de, which has published over 11,000 articles on local topics such as flashing lights, politics and university since 2015. The decision to stop the offer of Schweinfurt City and its channels came after repeated challenges to meet your own demands. However, the assertion to the loyal readership and community, which has provided support for years, is unmistakable: it was an enriching time that is now coming to an end. Swity.de reports that ...

The offer will no longer be available, but digital development in the region continues. Stadtwerke Schweinfurt GmbH and Telekom Deutschland GmbH have started a cooperation for fiber optic expansion, which is to be continued by 2031. The goal is a complete changeover to fiber fiber to make Schweinfurt fit for the digital future. Mayor Sebastian Remelé emphasizes how important this progress is for the Schweinfurt business location.

fiber optic expansion: a step into digitization

The project in the city center and in the Bergl is currently being pushed forward after the musicians have already been developed with fiber optic. As the municipal utility announced, over 12,500 households will benefit from this expansion, and overall the supply of more than 27,000 households is planned by 2031. As part of this expansion, Stadtwerke and Telekom avoid the dependence on certain providers: The open access principle enables provider-independent use of the improved fiber optic network.

For customers, this also means that you can book tariffs from various providers such as Regionet, Telekom, 1 & 1, Vodafone and O2. You can also get support from various advisory services: be it at the customer center on Roßmarkt, Bodelschwinghstraße, or online with the practical live chat and the video conference. Even the chatbot Swenja helps around the clock with questions.

The advantages of glass fiber

fiber fiber is considered the future -oriented technology for fast internet. According to Statista, glass fiber offers the highest theoretical data transmission rates and is less prone to interference than traditional DSL and cable connections. With its gigabit strategy, the Federal Government aims to significantly accelerate fiber optic expansion in Germany so that half of all households and companies are connected to the fiber optic network by the end of 2025. The fiber optic content in Germany is currently around 11 percent, with international pioneers such as Switzerland already being around 30 percent.

The expansion in Schweinfurt is not only an improvement in the infrastructure, but could also have a positive effect on the settlement of new companies and thus the economic development of the region in the long term. So while a lot changes in the digital landscape, the connection of the community in Schweinfurt remains unbroken. Even if swity.de now closes its doors, the digitization of the city is only in progress.