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
Coat of arms
Location of Gaildorf within Schwäbisch Hall district
FichtenbergRosengartenWallhausen
Gaildorf
Gaildorf
Coordinates: 49°0′N 9°46′E
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictSchwäbisch Hall
Subdivisions10 Stadtteile
Government
 • MayorFrank Zimmermann
Area
 • Total62.56 km2 (24.15 sq mi)
Elevation
329 m (1,079 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total12,058
 • 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

People
Hermann Frasch
  • Friedrich Kausler (1806–1883), member of Landtag
  • 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 und fossils collector in Crailsheim
  • Georg Schuster (1896–1973), farmer and politician (FDP/DVP), member of Landtag
  • Reinhold Kißling (born 1926), diploma-farmer
  • Horst Hübner (1936–2009), author, journalist, translator and lecturer
  • Ulrich Süße (born 1944), composer
  • Stefan Heucke (born 1959), composer
  • Hartmut Holzwarth (born 1969), politician (CDU)
  • Hermann Frasch (1851–1914), mining engineer

References
  1. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2019". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). September 2020.


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