page_title: Schwäbisch Gmünd
section_title: Notable structures
hierarchical_section_title: Schwäbisch Gmünd / Notable structures
caption_attribution_description: English: The Gmünder Rathaus as of July 1, 2017
context_page_description: Schwäbisch Gmünd is a town in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. With a population of around 60,000, the town is the second largest in the Ostalb district and the whole East Württemberg region after Aalen. The town is a Große Kreisstadt since 1956, i.e. a chief town under district administration; it was the administrative capital of its own rural district until the local government reorganisation on 1 January 1973.
  There are some institutions of higher education in the city, most notably the Pädagogische Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd and the Landesgymnasium für Hochbegabte.
  Schwäbisch Gmünd was a self-ruling free imperial city from the 13th century until its annexation to Württemberg in 1802.
context_section_description: Schwäbisch Gmünd is home to many historically structures and buildings. These include fortifications and civic and religious buildings.
caption: The Rathaus of Schwäbisch Gmünd as of 1 July 2017
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