Gaildorf

Geschichte

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. PeopleFriedrich Kausler, member of LandtagEmil Walther, Württembergian city councilmanTheobald Kerner, doctor and poet Karl Reibel, merchant and member of landtagWilhelm August von Breitling, prime minister of WürttembergKarl Nicolai, Schultheiß and politicianRichard Blezinger, pharmacist und fossils collector in CrailsheimGeorg Schuster, farmer and politician, member of LandtagReinhold Kißling, diploma-farmerHorst Hübner, author, journalist, translator and lecturerUlrich Süße, composerStefan Heucke, composerHartmut Holzwarth, politician Hermann Frasch, mining engineer