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. Later it passed into the possession of the Burgrave of Nuremberg, came in 1791 to Prussia, in 1806 to Bavaria and 1810 to Württemberg.

Major employer in the Crailsheim area are

• engineering giant "Voith"
• a subsidiary of the American concern "Procter & Gamble"
• the "Robert Bosch GmbH" which has a plant in Crailsheim
• the Gerhard Schubert GmbH

The following places belong to Crailsheim: Ingersheim with Altenmünster and Rodmühle, Tiefenbach, Onolzheim, Roßfeld, Jagstheim, Westgartshausen, Goldbach, Triensbach and Beuerlbach.

Neighboring places are: Satteldorf, Kreßberg, Fichtenau, Stimpfach, Frankenhardt, Vellberg, Ilshofen and Kirchberg an der Jagst.

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