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)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	12,072
• 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.

People

• 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

Franconian Circle (1500–1806) of the  Holy Roman Empire
Ecclesiastical	Bamberg Eichstätt Franconia Würzburg
Secular	Brandenburg-Ansbach Brandenburg-Kulmbach Henneberg Hohenlohe-Waldenburg (from 1744/64) Löwenstein-Wertheim (from 1711) Schwarzenberg-Gimborn (from 1671)
Counts / Lords	Castell Erbach Hausen Hohenlohe (until 1744/64) Limpurg Reichelsberg Rieneck Schwarzenberg (until 1671) Seinsheim Welzheim Wertheim (until 1711) Wiesentheid
Cities	Nuremberg Rothenburg Schweinfurt Weißenburg Windsheim
Circles est. 1500: Bavarian, Swabian, Upper Rhenish, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian, Franconian, (Lower) Saxon Circles est. 1512: Austrian, Burgundian, Upper Saxon, Electoral Rhenish     ·     Unencircled territories

Towns and municipalities in Schwäbisch Hall (district)
Blaufelden Braunsbach Bühlertann Bühlerzell Crailsheim Fichtenau Fichtenberg Frankenhardt Gaildorf Gerabronn Ilshofen Kirchberg an der Jagst Kreßberg Langenburg Mainhardt Michelbach an der Bilz Michelfeld Oberrot Obersontheim Rosengarten Rot am See Satteldorf Schrozberg Schwäbisch Hall Stimpfach Sulzbach-Laufen Untermünkheim Vellberg Wallhausen Wolpertshausen