Gaildorf

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Gaildorf
Town
The Old Castle in Gaildorf
Coat of arms
Location of Gaildorf within Schwäbisch Hall district
Interactive map of Gaildorf
Location within Germany Show map of Germany Location within Baden-Württemberg Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 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
Subdivisions	10 Stadtteile
Government
• Mayor (2022–30)	Frank Zimmermann (CDU)
Area
• Total	62.59 km2 (24.17 sq mi)
Elevation	329 m (1,079 ft)
Population  (2025-12-31)
• Total	12,054
• Density	192.6/km2 (498.8/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 [de] (1806–1883), member of Landtag
• Philipp Heinrich Hasenmeyer [de] (1700-1783), organ-maker
• Emil Walther [de] (1807–1857), Württembergian city councilman
• Theobald Kerner [de] (1817–1907), doctor and poet (son of Justinus Kerner)
• Karl Reibel [de] (1824–1895), merchant and member of landtag
• Wilhelm August von Breitling (1835–1914), prime minister of Württemberg
• Karl Nicolai [de] (1839–1892), Schultheiß and politician
• Richard Blezinger [de] (1847–1928), pharmacist and fossil-collector in Crailsheim
• Reinhold Kißling [de] (born 1926), agriculturalist
• Horst Hübner [de] (1936–2009), writer
• Stefan Heucke [de] (born 1959), composer
• Hartmut Holzwarth [de] (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

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