Schwäbisch Hall

The word "Hall" stands for the trade with salt, which made Schwäbisch Hall famous and its citizens prosperous during  the middle ages.

Today Schwäbisch Hall enfolds an area of 10.422,760 ha and has still a beautiful old town. 
It has 36.340 inhabitants and most of them are protestants.

The church is St. Michaels church in the middle of town, it is known for its big stair where the open air theatre takes place.

Today the tradition of the salt trade is  only shown by a group of people called "the Sieders".

5.962 of the inhabitants are pupils who attend the different schools in and around Schwäbisch Hall.

Today Schwäbisch Hall is famous throughout Europe particularly because of its big bank, the "Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall".

Furthermore Schwäbisch Hall has connections to some twin towns in Europe: Epinal in France, Loughborough in England, Lappeenranta in Finland, Neustrelitz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Zamosc in Poland, Balikesir in Turkey.

Besides  the Goethe-Institut in Schwäbisch Hall helps to tie connections with other nations and cultures. It's like a school, where people from different countries learn together and become friends.

The number of tourists is growing every year, for example in 2007 93,000 tourists visited Schwäbisch Hall, because of its picturesque old town centre and its big cultural offer.

In the first place  the theatre performances on the stair of the church of St. Michael are the reason for a visit in Schwäbisch Hall for so many tourists. And also the Globe Theatre - a copy of The Globe in London is a  magnet for many people.

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