school) Fachhochschule Hephata (Evangelische Fachhochschule Darmstadt) Stenografenverein 1925 Treysa e. V. (education centre, computer school) Other Sports and leisure Schwalmstadion (stadium) Stadion am Fünften (stadium) Landsburg Stadion Allendorf (stadium) Europabad und ein Freibad (swimming pools) Minigolf course Riding Inline skating path Youth centres Schwalmstadt gliding ground Recreational vehicle grounds several football fields Culture and sightseeing Theatre Schwalmberg Open-Air Stage Totenkirche Open-Air Stage Castle Theatre (Burgtheater) Culture Hall (Kulturhalle) Trutzhain Theatre Club: "Trutzhainer Bühne" Museums German Typewriter Museum (Deutsches Schreibmaschinenmuseum) Museum of the Schwalm, Ziegenhain Trutzhain Memorial and Museum Buildings Treysa's and Ziegenhain's historic Old Towns with many half-timbered houses. Totenkirche with "Buttermilk Tower" in Treysa Town parish church Old Hospital in Treysa Hexenturm (Witches' Tower) in Treysa Schloss (stately home) with wall graves and parade square in Ziegenhain Town Hall and Johannisbrunnen (fountain) in Treysa Other sights Hünengrab ("Giant's Grave") near Wiera Economy and infrastructure Transport Through Schwalmstadt run Federal Highways (Bundesstraßen) B 254 (from Fulda by way of Schwalmstadt to Kassel) and B 454 (from Bad Hersfeld by way of Schwalmstadt to Marburg). In the neighbouring community of Neuental ends (or begins) the Autobahn A 49. The Main-Weser railway from Frankfurt to Kassel runs through Schwalmstadt and serves two stations: Treysa and Schwalmstadt-Wiera. There are hourly Regionalbahn trains from Kassel and the Mittelhessen-Express from Frankfurt ending at Treysa. In addition to that, Regionalexpress trains and InterCity trains between Kassel and Frankfurt stop hourly in turn. At the station of Schwalmstadt-Wiera there is an hourly connection to Frankfurt via the Mittelhessen-Express. There was once a strategic railway running through the town between Berlin and Metz (the latter now in France), known as the Kanonenbahn, or "Cannons Railway". Established businesses Erich Rohde Schuhfabriken (shoes) Konvekta AG (heating and air conditioning) Privatbrauerei Friedrich Haaß (brewery) Horn & Bauer Folientechnik (protective, packaging and technical films) Merkel-Freudenberg (gasket, packing, and sealing device manufacturing) Hephata Hessisches Diakoniezentrum e. V. Tieman (tank trucks, hoists, lifting devices) Heidelmann Kühlhaus und intl. Spedition (cold storage and international shipping) Media Schwälmer Allgemeine (daily) Schwälmer Bote am Sonntag (Sundays) Schwälmer Bote am Mittwoch (Wednesdays) MAZ Mittelhessische Anzeigen Zeitung (Wednesdays) Regular events Hutzelkirmes (fair in Treysa) Bockbieranstich (Bock beer tapping, Treysa) Salatkirmes (fair in Ziegenhain) Kirmes (fair) in Allendorf an der Landsburg Weindorf an der Totenkirche ("Wine village at the 'Church of the Dead'") Bahnhofstraßenfest ("Street Festival") "Ziegenhain vom Feinsten" ("Ziegenhain from its Finest") Schwälmer Inlinerlauf (inline skating) Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market)