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10 unusual facts about Schwäbisch Gmünd


Barnsley Interchange

Work has since been completed on the link road known as Schwäbisch Gmünd Way (formerly Interchange Way, renamed in honour of Barnsley's twin town in Germany) to enable buses to enter or leave the Interchange quickly without having to use the busy level crossing at Jumble Lane.

Guggenmusik

As of today, the largest "international Guggenmusik" meeting of the world is held in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, gathering bands from Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Great Britain and Switzerland in that two-day event, attracting every year from 60,000 to 100,000 visitors.

Günter Altner

1971 he became professor ordinarius for human biology at the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, and 1973 he joined the Forschungsstätte der Evangelischen Studiengemeinschaft (FEST e.V.) in Heidelberg.

Preis der Europäischen Kirchenmusik

The Preis der Europäischen Kirchenmusik is a German music prize awarded annually since 1999 by the Schwäbisch Gmünd Festival Europäische Kirchenmusik.

Ricardo plc

As well as the Shoreham head office, there are technical centres in Royal Leamington Spa, Cambridge, Chicago, Detroit, Aachen, Schwäbisch Gmünd (Germany), Prague, China, Yokohama, Korea, India, and Russia.

St. Vitus Cathedral

This was Peter Parler, at that time only 23-years old and son of the architect of the Heilig-Kreuz-Münster in Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Thomas Knuths

Thomas Knuths (born 31 August 1958 in Schwäbisch Gmünd) is a German former diver who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Vitus Miletus

Vitus Miletus (surname originally Möller) (born at Gmünd, Swabia, 1549; died at Mainz, 11 September 1615) was a German Roman Catholic theologian.

Wilhelm Pelikan

When Der Kommende Tag was dissolved in 1924 he became head of the Weleda then established in Schwäbisch Gmünd on the advice of Rudolf Steiner and in collaboration with Mr. Oskar Schmiedel and Fritz Goette.

Biodynamic gardener Franz Lippert, Wilhelm Pelikan started to develop a medicinal herb garden on the firm's grounds and later in Wetzgau a plateau above Schwäbisch Gmünd.


Mutlangen

The Mutlanger Heide, a heathland nearby, was the site of a US military base for Pershing II missiles, which were assigned to the 56th Field Artillery Command headquartered in nearby Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Schlecker

Between 1972 and 1976, another four department stores were opened in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Geislingen, Neu-Ulm and Göppingen.

Wäschenbeuren

In the North, the municipality borders the towns of Lorch and Schwäbisch Gmünd, district of Ostalbkreis, at thr East and in the South, it borders the district city of Göppingen and in the West, it borders Birenbach and Börtlingen.