Schwäbisch Hall

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Schwäbisch Hall

Total population

36,660

Founded

1280

Elevation301 m

Land area104.19 km²

WeatherAvg high 59.3°F

Coordinates49.11°, 9.74°

Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Schwäbisch Hall is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg located in the valley of the Kocher river, the longest tributary of the Neckar river. The closest larger city is Heilbronn, and Schwäbisch Hall lies north-east of the state capital of Stuttgart. It is the seat of the district (Landkreis) of Schwäbisch Hall.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Albert Schwegler

German philosopher (1819–1857)

Otto Ruff

German chemist (1871–1939)

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Kraft, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

German prince (1935-2004)

Ulrike Schweikert

German author

Erasmus Widmann

German composer

H

Hartmut Abendschein

writer

H

Heinrich Schmieder

German actor (1970-2010)

W

Wolfgang Gönnenwein

German conductor (1933-2015)

Uwe Nittel

German racing driver

Thomas Schweicker

1540-1602 German artist

Christoph Bossert

German organist, director of church music and music educator

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Knut Blind

German economist

M

Max Kade

American businessman (1882–1967)

Jonas Wieszt

German footballer

F

Fritz W. Scharpf

German political scientist

Max Bauer

German mineralogist and university teacher (1844–1917)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Baden-Württemberg

• Bibersfeld
  3 mi away · pop. 224
• Enslingen
  3.5 mi away
• Übrigshausen
  4.4 mi away
• Geislingen am Kocher
  4.6 mi away
• Sailach
  4.7 mi away
• Kupfer
  4.8 mi away
• Eschental
  6.3 mi away
• Obersteinbach
  6.4 mi away
• Vellberg
  6.8 mi away · pop. 4,317
• Waldenburg
  6.8 mi away · pop. 3,101
• Döttingen
  7.7 mi away
• Untersteinbach
  7.9 mi away

Browse all places in Baden-Württemberg →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Books about Schwäbisch Hall

Freilichtmuseum und Hausforschung

Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Regionalen Ländlichen Freilichtmuseen Baden-Württemberg. Tagung · 2012

Die Stadtbefestigung von Schwäbisch Hall

Eduard Krüger · 1966

Uttenhofen

Christoph Bittel · 2013

Nationalsozialistische Euthanasieverbrechen und Einrichtungen der Inneren Mission

Harald Jenner · 1997

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