Crailsheim

Crailsheim
The Johanneskirche, built between 1398 and 1440, is one of the oldest buildings in Crailsheim
Crailsheim
Location of the town of Crailsheim within Schwäbisch Hall district
Coordinates	49°08′5″N 10°04′14″E / 49.13472°N 10.07056°E / 49.13472; 10.07056Coordinates: 49°08′5″N 10°04′14″E / 49.13472°N 10.07056°E / 49.13472; 10.07056
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Schwäbisch Hall
Town subdivisions	Core city and 8 districts
Lord Mayor	Rudolf Michl (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	109.08 km2 (42.12 sq mi)
Elevation	414 m  (1358 ft)
Population	33,021 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	303 /km2 (784 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SHA
Postal code	74564
Area code	07951
Website	www.crailsheim.de

Crailsheim is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, 32 km east of Schwäbisch Hall, 40 km southwest of Ansbach in the Schwäbisch Hall district, incorporated in 1338.

The city's main attractions are the two Evangelical churches, the Catholic Church and the town hall's 67 meters high tower.

History

Crailsheim prides itself with the tale of it successfully withstanding a siege by the three imperial cities Schwäbisch Hall, Dinkelsbühl, and Rothenburg ob der Tauber forces lasting from 1379 until 1380, a feat which is annually celebrated. In conclusion of the siege, Crailsheim became possession of the Burgrave of Nuremberg. In 1791 it became part of the Prussian administrative region, in 1806 Crailsheim returned to Bavaria and finally became a part of Württemberg in 1810.

After chasing away a US Sherman battle tank, the entire city was thoroughly destroyed as a result of Allied bombings in World War II. The Johanneskirche (St. John's Church) being the only unharmed building. Subsequently to World War II, Crailsheim became home to the U.S. Army's McKee Barracks which closed on January 15, 1994.

Major employers in the Crailsheim area are:

• Voith
• a subsidiary of the American Procter & Gamble corporation
• Robert Bosch GmbH
• Gerhard Schubert GmbH

The following boroughs comprise the Crailsheim municipality: Ingersheim with Altenmünster and Rotmühle, Tiefenbach, Onolzheim, Roßfeld, Jagstheim, Westgartshausen, Goldbach, Triensbach and Beuerlbach.

Twin towns

Crailsheim is twinned with

• Worthington Minnesota in the United States
• Pamiers in France
• _Jurbarkas_in_Lithuania_ Jurbarkas in Lithuania
• Biłgoraj in Poland

Crailsheim Merlins

The Crailsheim Merlins are a successful basketball team. They were founded on January 31st, 1986. They originally played in lower leagues. In 1995 they obtained a new sports hall and as a result they became better and in 2001 they were promoted to the German Bundes League of basketball. In the 2009 season they climbed the Pro A league ladder and play there now with 17 high-flying players.

Personalities

• Wolfgang Meyer, born 1954 is a German clarinetist.
• Philipp Gottfried Alexander, 10th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg born 20 January 1970.
• Hans Scholl, Born in 22 September 1918 when the city was named Ingersheim was a founding member of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany. Senteced for treason in a Nazi court and decapitated on 22 February 1943.
• Eva Schorr, (born 28 September 1927) is a German painter and composer.

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 31 December 2009. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf. 

External links

• Official website (German)
• History about Crailsheim (English)

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.