Chronology post-1800

History of the town of Gaildorf

In the 19th and 20th centuries

1806
The previously Imperial County of Limpurg comes under the authority of Württemberg following the breakup of the German Reich.
As a result, Gaildorf becomes a district town of Württemberg.

1815 - 1819
Justinus Kerner practices as a district medical officer in Gaildorf.

1843
The first post office opens in Gaildorf.

1846
The Villa Waldeck, which today forms the core part of the Bentinck Palace (now the town hall), is built and subsequently extended in 1880.

1868
46 buildings including the church and the Pückler and Limpurg Palace are destroyed in a major town fire.

1879/1880
The railway lines to Hessental and Murrhardt are opened.

1902
The Kerner Tower is built on Kirgel hill.

1908
The gymnasium and festival hall is built with funds donated by Hermann Frasch, the former “sulphur king“ who was raised in Gaildorf (it burnt down in 1945).

1928
The horse market is held in Gaildorf.

1938
The district office of Gaildorf is dissolved and the town is incoporated into the District of Backnang.

1945
The town church and the Pückler Palace are destroyed for a second time by acts of war.

1949
The ARWA stocking works is founded in Unterrot. In its heyday the ARWA works employed up to 1,600 people, but was forced to close in 1973.

1967
The former Bentinck Palace becomes the town hall.

1971 - 1974
Ottendorf, Unterrot and Eutendorf are incorporated into Gaildorf.

1972
The District of Backnang is dissolved. Gaildorf is incorporated into the District of Schwäbisch Hall.

1976
The open-air mineral pool opens.

1979
The sports hall is extended.

2004
Gaildorf celebrates its 600th anniversary as a town.