{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Expand German|topic=geo|date=February 2009|Kupferzell}}
{{Infobox German place |image_coa = DEU Kupferzell COA SK.svg |coordinates = {{coord|49|14|N|9|41|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Kupferzell in KÜN.svg |state = Baden-Württemberg |region = Stuttgart |district = Hohenlohekreis |Gemeindeverwaltungsverband = Hohenloher Ebene |elevation = 340 |area = 54.28 |postal_code = 74635 |area_code = 07944 |licence = KÜN, ÖHR |Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 1 26 047 |divisions = 21 |website = [https://www.kupferzell.de/ www.kupferzell.de] |mayor = Christoph Spieles<ref>[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/staatsanzeiger/wahlen/buergermeisterwahlen/ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2019–27 }}
'''Kupferzell''' ({{IPA|de|kʊp͡fɐˈt͡sɛl|-|De-Kupferzell.ogg}}) is a small German town in the district of Hohenlohe in Baden-Württemberg, Germany named after the Kupfer river flowing through it. The largest neighbouring towns are Künzelsau (to the north) and Schwäbisch Hall (to the south).
==History== {{stack|[[File:Wackershofen Freilandmuseum Bahnhof Kupferzell 2 20070530.jpg|thumb|199px|Kupferzell old station, now at Wackershofen open air museum]]}} Kupferzell was first mentioned in 1236 and as early as the 14th century, the Count of Hohenlohe owned property there.
During the late Middle Ages, Kupferzell always was referred to as "Celle", with a closer localization of "uf dem Ornwaldt". It was only in the 15th century that the current name appeared after its location on the Kupfer (river). From 1721 to 1727/1729, Count Philipp Ernst had a castle built here. From 1767 until 1884 Kupferzell was the residence of the duke of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst; after mediatization in 1806, Kupferzell became part of the Königreich Württemberg under administration of the High Office of Öhringen.<ref name="hohen">{{Cite web |title=Kupferzell. Ein gutes Stück Hohenlohe |url=https://www.hohenlohekreis.de/index.php?id=353 |date=2020-05-19 |website=hohenlohekreis.de}}</ref>
On January 1, 1972, Kupferzell fused with Eschental, Feßbach, Mangoldsall, Goggenbach and Westernach to the town of Kupferzell.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Statistisches Bundesamt|editor-link=Statistisches Bundesamt|title=Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982|publisher=W. Kohlhammer|location=Stuttgart/Mainz |year=1983 |isbn=3-17-003263-1}}</ref>
In March 2020, the town was particularly affected by COVID-19 and became one of Germany's hotspots in the Hohenlohe district. Mid May, the Robert Koch-Institut started a seroepidemiology study named "Corona Monitoring lokal" attempting to enroll 2,000 of the town's 6,000 inhabitants for antibody testing and a throat swab for SARS-CoV-2.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kupferzell: Antikörper-Studie des Robert Koch-Instituts zur Verbreitung der Coronavirus-Infektion (Studieninformation) |url=https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Gesundheitsmonitoring/Studien/cml-studie/Dokumente/Studieninfo.pdfFile |date=2020-05-18 |website=www.rki.de |access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>
==Demographics==
'''Population development:'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kupferzell (Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland) - Einwohnerzahlen, Grafiken, Karte, Lage, Wetter und Web-Informationen |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/de/germany/badenwurttemberg/hohenlohekreis/08126047__kupferzell/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | valign="top" | {| class="wikitable sortable zebra hintergrundfarbe5" !Year !Inhabitants |- align="right" |1990 |4,633 |- align="right" |2001 |5,656 |- align="right" |2011 |5,715 |- align="right" |2021 |6,318 |} |}
==Notable people== {{stack|right|thumb|105px|Alexander Hohenlohe around 1825}} * Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1794–1849), Catholic priest * Eberhard Finckh, (1899–1944), career officer and resistance fighter of 20 July 1944
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