Crailsheim

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Coordinates: 49°8′N 10°4′E

Crailsheim
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region	Stuttgart
District	Schwäbisch Hall
Population	32,344 (2004)
Area	109.08 km²
Population density	297 /km²
Elevation	432 m
Coordinates	49°8′ N 10°4′ E
Postal code	74551-74564
Area code	07951
Licence plate code	SHA
Mayor	Andreas Raab
Website	crailsheim.de

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

There are two Evangelical churches and a Roman Catholic church, and a handsome town hall, with a tower 67 m. high.

Crailsheim was incorporated as a town in 1338, successfully withstood a siege by the forces of several Swabian imperial cities (1379-1380), a feat which is annually celebrated, passed later into the possession of the burgraves of Nuremberg, and came in 1791 to Prussia, in 1806 to Bavaria and 1810 to Württemberg.

A major employer in the Crailsheim area is engineering giant"Voith", a subsidiary of the American concern "Procter & Gamble", also the German electronic giant "Bosch" has a plant in Crailsheim.

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.