Schwaigern (German: [ˈʃvaɪɡɐn] ⓘ) is a town in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

The neighbouring towns and municipalities of Schwaigern (clockwise) are: Leingarten, Nordheim (Württemberg), Brackenheim, Eppingen, Gemmingen and Massenbachhausen (all in the district of Heilbronn).

Finds of the Neolithic era and during the Roman period show an early settlement of this area.

In 1766, the County of Neipperg became an Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire, mediatised to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806.

The last ruling count, Adam Albert von Neipperg, married Napoleon's widow Marie Louise.

Several fires destroyed large areas of the medieval town centre in the 19th and 20th centuries.

In 1717, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, the first count and an Imperial field marshal in the Habsburg service, returned to the Catholic Church.

The Young People's Society of Christian Endeavour has local groups in Schwaigern, Stetten and Niederhofen.

Above the sign growing John the Baptist with halo and put on fur, raising the rights, holding a lamb and a cross rod with a flag on his left hand.

Schwaigern is twinned with:[4] The Karl-Wagenplast-Museum in the old graveyard chapel shows archaeological exhibitions from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages of the Leintal.

The rococo castle next to the town church was built in 1702, but was rebuilt and enlarged during the 19th century.

Stetten impresses by its parish church of the 15th century as well as its baroque vicarage of 1775.

The biggest company in Schwaigern is the Walter Söhner GmbH & Co. KG which produces synthetics and has more than 500 employees.

Schwaigern is situated at the Kraichgau Railway running from Heilbronn to Karlsruhe.

The primary sorts of wine are Trollinger, Riesling, Lemberger and Pinot Meunier.