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
Town
The Old Castle in Gaildorf
The Old Castle in Gaildorf
Coat of arms of Gaildorf
Coat of arms
Location of Gaildorf within Schwäbisch Hall district
Gaildorf is located in Germany
Gaildorf
Gaildorf
Gaildorf is located in Baden-Württemberg
Gaildorf
Gaildorf
Coordinates: 49°0′N 9°46′E
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictSchwäbisch Hall
Subdivisions10 Stadtteile
Government
 • Mayor (2022–30) Frank Zimmermann[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total62.56 km2 (24.15 sq mi)
Elevation
329 m (1,079 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total12,268
 • Density200/km2 (510/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. Bürgermeisterwahl Gaildorf 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
  2. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2021" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2021] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2022.


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