Crailsheim is famed for withstanding a siege by forces of three imperial cities - Schwäbisch Hall, Dinkelsbühl, and Rothenburg ob der Tauber - lasting from 1379 until 1380, a feat which it celebrates annually.

[3] Crailsheim's railroad and airfield were heavily defended by the Waffen-SS during World War II.

Following an American assault in mid-April 1945, the town was occupied briefly by US forces before being lost to a German counter-offensive.

[4] Crailsheim became the postwar home to the U.S. Army's McKee Barracks until the facility closed in January 1994.

[5] Major employers in the Crailsheim area include: The following boroughs comprise the Crailsheim municipality: Altenmünster, Erkenbrechtshausen, Tiefenbach, Onolzheim, Roßfeld, Jagstheim, Westgartshausen, Goldbach, Triensbach and Beuerlbach.