Crailsheim

Sister cities

• Worthington
• Jurbarkas
• Biłgoraj
• Pamiers

History

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. 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. Crailsheim became the postwar home to the U.S. Army's McKee Barracks until the facility closed in January 1994. Major employers in the Crailsheim area include: * Voith * Syntegon Technology GmbH * Gerhard Schubert GmbH The following boroughs comprise the Crailsheim municipality: Altenmünster, Erkenbrechtshausen, Tiefenbach, Onolzheim, Roßfeld, Jagstheim, Westgartshausen, Goldbach, Triensbach and Beuerlbach.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  368
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  356
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  349
• Narrow-leaved Ragwort

  Senecio inaequidens DC. · Magnoliopsida
  339
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  304
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  302
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  300
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  271

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2007-11-25
  0 km S of Hildrizhausen, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2007-06-30
  1 km ESE of Ehningen, Germany
• M 2.6 — 2005-03-26
  0 km ESE of Wiesenbach, Germany
• M 3.2 — 2004-06-22
  0 km SE of Ehningen, Germany
• M 2.8 — 2004-05-11
  2 km NNE of Ehningen, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2002-08-22
  5 km SSE of Rain, Germany