Gaildorf

Gaildorf is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the river Kocher, 13 km south of Schwäbisch Hall. Gaildorf is the approximate center of the Limpurger Land district, formerly a county of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the counts Schenk von Limpurg until their extinction in 1713, thereafter inherited by a number of female heirs, and mediatized to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806.

Gaildorf
The Old Castle in Gaildorf
Location of Gaildorf within Schwäbisch Hall district
Gaildorf
Gaildorf
Coordinates: 49°0′N 9°46′E
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictSchwäbisch Hall
Subdivisions10 Stadtteile
Government
  Mayor (201422) Frank Zimmermann[1]
Area
  Total62.56 km2 (24.15 sq mi)
Elevation
329 m (1,079 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total12,147
  Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
74405
Dialling codes07971
Vehicle registrationSHA
Websitewww.gaildorf.de

Notable people

Hermann Frasch
  • Friedrich Kausler (1806–1883), member of Landtag
  • Philipp Heinrich Hasenmeyer (1700-1783), organ-maker
  • Emil Walther (1807–1857), Württembergian city councilman
  • Theobald Kerner (1817–1907), doctor and poet (son of Justinus Kerner)
  • Karl Reibel (1824–1895), merchant and member of landtag
  • Wilhelm August von Breitling (1835–1914), prime minister of Württemberg
  • Karl Nicolai (1839–1892), Schultheiß and politician
  • Richard Blezinger (1847–1928), pharmacist and fossil-collector in Crailsheim
  • Reinhold Kißling (born 1926), agriculturalist
  • Horst Hübner (1936–2009), writer
  • Stefan Heucke (born 1959), composer
  • Hartmut Holzwarth (born 1969), politician (CDU)
  • Hermann Frasch (1851–1914), mining engineer

References

  1. Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 14 September 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2020" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2020] (CSV). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). June 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.


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