Gaildorf

Gaildorf
Coat of arms
Gaildorf Location of Gaildorf within Schwäbisch Hall district
Coordinates: 49°0′N 9°46′E / 49.000°N 9.767°E / 49.000; 9.767Coordinates: 49°0′N 9°46′E / 49.000°N 9.767°E / 49.000; 9.767
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Schwäbisch Hall
Government
• Mayor	Frank Zimmermann
Area
• Total	62.56 km2 (24.15 sq mi)
Elevation	329 m (1,079 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	12,093
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	74405
Dialling codes	07971
Vehicle registration	SHA
Website	www.gaildorf.de

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.

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  The Old Castle at Gaildorf

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

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