Gmünd

Gmünd, a town of Württemberg, stands in the charming and fertile valley of the Rems, 30 miles E. of Stuttgart by rail. It has some fine old churches, and carries on important manufactures of jewels and hardware; hops and fruit are much grown in the neighbourhood. Gmünd in the middle ages was an imperial free city of Swabia, with 18,000 inhabitants. It was added to Württemberg in 1803. Pop. (1875) 12,838; (1885) 15,321. See works by Grimm (1869) and Kaisser (1882).