Crailsheim

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Crailsheim
Town
The Johanneskirche, built between 1398 and 1440, is one of the oldest buildings in Crailsheim.
Coat of arms
Location of Crailsheim within Schwäbisch Hall district
Crailsheim Show map of Germany Crailsheim Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 49°08′05″N 10°04′14″E / 49.13472°N 10.07056°E / 49.13472; 10.07056
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Schwäbisch Hall
Subdivisions	Core city and 8 districts
Government
• Lord mayor (2017–25)	Christoph Grimmer[1] (Ind.)
Area
• Total	109.08 km2 (42.12 sq mi)
Elevation	414 m (1,358 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	35,760
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	74564
Dialling codes	07951
Vehicle registration	SHA / CR
Website	crailsheim.de

Crailsheim is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Incorporated in 1338, it lies 32 kilometres (20 miles) east of Schwäbisch Hall and 40 km (25 mi) southwest of Ansbach in the Schwäbisch Hall district. The city's main attractions include two Evangelical churches, a Catholic church, and the 67 metre tower of its town hall.

Crailsheim is famed for withstanding a siege by forces of three imperial cities - Schwäbisch Hall, Dinkelsbühl, and Rothenburg ob der Tauber - lasting from 1379 until 1380, a feat which it celebrates annually. Crailsheim became a possession of the Burgrave of Nuremberg following the siege. In 1791 it became part of the Prussian administrative region, before returning to Bavaria in 1806 and becoming a part of Württemberg in 1810.^[3]

Crailsheim's railroad and airfield were heavily defended by the Waffen-SS during World War II. Following an American assault in mid-April 1945, the town was occupied briefly by US forces before being lost to a German counter-offensive. Intense US bombing and artillery shelling destroyed much of the city, with subsequent fires consuming its historic inner city. Only the Johanneskirche (St. John's Church) escaped unharmed.^[4]

Crailsheim became the postwar home to the U.S. Army's McKee Barracks until the facility closed in January 1994.^[5]

Major employers in the Crailsheim area include:

• Voith
• Syntegon Technology GmbH^[6]
• Gerhard Schubert GmbH^[7]

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

Crailsheim is served by the Upper Jagst Railway.

Crailsheim is twinned with:^[8]

• Biłgoraj, Poland
• Jurbarkas, Lithuania
• Pamiers, France
• Worthington, United States

The Crailsheim Merlins are the city's basketball team. Founded in 1986, they originally played in lower leagues. In 1995 they moved into a new sports hall, improved, and were promoted in 2001 to the 2. Bundesliga, the second division of German basketball. In 2015 they were first promoted to the Bundesliga but relegated after two seasons. They achieved promotion again in 2018. www.crailsheim-merlins.de

• Hans Sachs (1874–1947), member of Reichstag
• Kurt Schneider (1887–1967), psychiatrist
• Karl Waldmann (1889–1969), NSDAP-politician
• Eugen Grimminger (1892–1986), Member of White Rose
• Inge Aicher-Scholl (1917–1998), author
• Hans Scholl (1918–1943), founding member of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany
• Werner Utter (1921–2006), one of the first flight captains of the Lufthansa after World War II
• Eva Schorr (1927–2016), painter and composer
• Wolfgang Meyer (1954–2019), clarinetist
• Sabine Meyer (born 1959), clarinetist
• Susanne Bay (born 1965), politician (The Greens), member of Landtag
• Philipp Gottfried Alexander (born 1970), 10th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
• Alexander Neidlein (born 1975), politician (NPD)
• Liam Carpenter (born 1996), British basketball player and internet personality^[9]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crailsheim.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Crailsheim.

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