Gaildorf is a town in the
district of Schwäbisch Hall, in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. It is located on the river
Kocher
The Kocher () is a -longincluding its source river Schwarzer Kocher right tributary of the Neckar in the north-eastern part of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The name "Kocher" originates from its Celtic name "cochan" and probably means winding, mea ...
, 13 km south of
Schwäbisch Hall
Schwäbisch Hall (; "Swabian Hall"; from 1802 until 1934 and colloquially: ''Hall'' ) is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg located in the valley of the Kocher river, the longest tributary (together with its headwater Lein) of the ...
. 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
The Kingdom of Württemberg (german: Königreich Württemberg ) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which exist ...
in 1806.
Notable people
* (1806–1883), member of Landtag
* (1700-1783), organ-maker
* (1807–1857), Württembergian city councilman
* (1817–1907), doctor and poet (son of Justinus Kerner)
* (1824–1895), merchant and member of landtag
* (1835–1914), prime minister of Württemberg
* (1839–1892), Schultheiß and politician
* (1847–1928), pharmacist and fossil-collector in Crailsheim
* (born 1926), agriculturalist
* (1936–2009), writer
* (born 1959), composer
* (born 1969), politician (CDU)
*
Hermann Frasch
Herman Frasch r Hermann Frasch(December 25, 1851 in Oberrot bei Gaildorf, Württemberg – May 1, 1914 in Paris) was a chemist, mining engineer and inventor known for his work with petroleum and sulfur.
Biography Early life
He was the son of Joh ...
(1851–1914), mining engineer
References
Schwäbisch Hall (district)
Municipalities in Baden-Württemberg
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