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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Gaildorf
Town
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Location of Gaildorf within Schwäbisch Hall district
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Coordinates: 49°0′N 9°46′E / 49.000°N 9.767°E / 49.000; 9.767
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictSchwäbisch Hall
Subdivisions10 Stadtteile
Government
 • Mayor (2022–30) Frank Zimmermann (CDU)
Area
 • Total62.56 km (24.15 sq mi)
Elevation329 m (1,079 ft)
Population
 • Total12,408
 • Density200/km (510/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes74405
Dialling codes07971
Vehicle registrationSHA
Websitewww.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, 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

Hermann Frasch

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

  1. Bürgermeisterwahl Gaildorf 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
  2. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
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Counts / Lords
Cities
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)
Coat of arms
Coat of arms


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