Brief guide to the city A traipse through Schwäbisch Gmünd Writer Ricarda Huch once compared the Rems valley to a pearl necklace - with Gmünd as its prettiest pearl. The oldest Staufer city more than lives up to this comparison since its urban restructuring and the State Garden Show: The new Gmünd with Remspark (Rems Park), Josefsbach (Josef's Creek) and Himmelsgarten (Heaven's garden) has ushered in a new quality of life. The foundations, however, remain the rich history of Gmünd. Set out on a fascinating traipse.