Gaildorf
Gaildorf | |
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The Old Castle in Gaildorf | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Gaildorf
within Schwäbisch Hall district | |
Location of Gaildorf | |
Gaildorf Gaildorf | |
| Coordinates: 49°0′N 9°46′E / 49.000°N 9.767°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Schwäbisch Hall |
| Subdivisions | 10 Stadtteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–30) | Frank Zimmermann[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 62.59 km2 (24.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 329 m (1,079 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 12,005 |
| • Density | 191.8/km2 (496.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 74405 |
| Dialling codes | 07971 |
| Vehicle registration | SHA |
| Website | www.gaildorf.de |
Gaildorf (German pronunciation: [ˈɡaɪldɔʁf] ⓘ) 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.
Notable people
- 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
Buildings and structures
Naturstromspeicher Gaildorf, a combination of wind park and pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant. Three of the wind turbines were from 2017 to 2019 the tallest in the world.
References
- ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Gaildorf 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
- ^ "Tabellengruppe 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes zum 31. Dezember 2024" [Update of the population as of 31 December 2024] (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg.