Gschwend - Gschwend

Gschwend is a community in Swabian-Franconian Forest.

history

Extract from the Wikipedia page of Gschwend: Frickenhofen, which was first mentioned in a document in 1293, is the oldest documented place in the municipality. However, it is assumed that the Gschwend settlement has existed since the middle of the 12th century. Not much later, the forest around Gschwend was also cleared. Schwenden, which gave Gschwend its name, was a special type of clearing. The bark of the trees was peeled off, whereupon they withered and then either died or easily infected and burned to verdwindle could be brought. The flame in the Gschwender coat of arms indicates this burning down.

Gschwend was initially a rather insignificant settlement, but developed due to its convenient location at the intersection of the streets of Schwäbisch Hall above Gaildorf to Schwäbisch Gmünd (Salt road from Hall to the south, today's federal road 298) and from Welzheim to Bask (Cannstatter Straße) to a center of rural trade. In the 16th century, the court in Seelach was moved to Gschwend. There were large cattle fairs and fairs have been held since 1760. Today's municipality of Gschwend belonged to the Oberamt for a long time Gaildorf and from 1938 to the district of Backnang. When this was dissolved by the district reform in 1973, only Altersberg, Frickenhofen and Gschwend came to what is now the municipality Ostalbkreis.

background

Gschwend is a climatic health resort. It is located in a small valley surrounded by mountains and forests. You can go cycling, hiking and unwind here. Basically you can relax here wonderfully and recharge your batteries. There are also several lakes in which you can partly swim. The largest lake in the area is the bathing lake.

getting there

By train

The next train station is in Gaildorf From there you can only get to Gschwend by bus (line 63). The travel time by bus is approx. 15 minutes. Alternatively, you can also go to Schwäbisch Gmünd take the train and change there to the bus. Line 63 also runs here and the journey time is approx. 45 minutes.

By bus

Line 63 runs regularly between Gaildorf and Schwäbisch Gmünd. But there are also buses between Welzheim and Bask. Unfortunately, the connection is not so good here.

In the street

The best way to get to Gschwend by car is via federal highway 298.

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Web links

http://www.gschwend.de - Official website of Gschwend