Gerabronn is a small town in the district Schwäbisch Hall

Schwäbisch Hall

Schwäbisch Hall is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and capital of the district of Schwäbisch Hall. The town is located in the valley of the river Kocher in the north-eastern part of Baden-Württemberg....

, Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. As of 2006 it has a population of about 4547 and covers an area of 40.38 km².

Gerabronn is the hometown of the two leading German politicians of the Green Party, Joschka Fischer

Joschka Fischer

Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens. He served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005...

 and Rezzo Schlauch.

History

Gerabronn developed from a village, which was supposedly founded in the 10th century. Originally named Gerhiltebrunnen (well

Water well

A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The well water is drawn by an electric submersible pump, a trash pump, a vertical turbine pump, a handpump or a mechanical pump...

 of Gerhilt), it was also called Gerolzbrunn, Geroldbrunn, Gerltbrunn or Gerhartsbrunn, until in the 17th century the current name became common. The village was first mentioned in a feud

Feud

A feud , referred to in more extreme cases as a blood feud, vendetta, faida, or private war, is a long-running argument or fight between parties—often groups of people, especially families or clans. Feuds begin because one party perceives itself to have been attacked, insulted or wronged by another...

 document from 1226, when the area came under the control of the bishop of Würzburg

Würzburg

Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....

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Until the 19th century Gerabronn was only a village, however after it became Oberamtsstadt in 1811 it was responsible for the administration of the surrounding area. Industrialization and the connection to the railway further helped the growth of the city. In 1938 the Amt was dissolved and became part of the district Crailsheim, which in 1972 was included into the district Schwäbisch Hall. 1972-75 the previously independent municipalities Amlishagen, Dünsbach and Michelbach/Heide, as well as Ober- and Unterweiler from the municipality Wittenweiler were included into the city.

Overview

Gerabronn lies in 422 up to 460 meters height on a hill on the Hohenlohe Plain.

Neighbouring municipalities

The city borders in the north to Blaufelden

Blaufelden

Blaufelden is a municipality in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....

, in the east to Rot am See

Rot am See

Rot am See is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....

, in the south to the cities Kirchberg an der Jagst

Kirchberg an der Jagst

Kirchberg an der Jagst is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the river Jagst, 11 km northwest of Crailsheim.The Second World War resistance member Friedrich Gustav Jaeger was born here....

 and Ilshofen

Ilshofen

Ilshofen is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located 15 km northeast of Schwäbisch Hall....

 and in the west to Langenburg

Langenburg

Langenburg is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on a hill above the river Jagst, 18 km northeast of Schwäbisch Hall...

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City

City

A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

 Districts

From 1972 until 1975 the municipalities Amlishagen, Dünsbach, Michelbach/Heide as well as Oberweiler und Unterweiler out of the municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 Wittenweiler where annexed following the Municipality Reform.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows the quartered black-and-white shield of the Hohenzollern family, who were the Viscounts of Nürnberg when the coat of arms was granted to the city in 1545. To distinguish the coats of arms of the family and the city two jumping horses were added, as horse breeding was popular in the city historically. Originally the horses were displayed on the black quarters, but in 1902 they were placed on the silver quarters, which was made official in 1953.

External links

• http://www.gerabronn.de Official homepage (German)