Marbach am Neckar

Marbach am Neckar
Schiller's birthplace
Marbach am Neckar
Coordinates	48°56′N 9°15′E / 48.93333°N 9.25°E / 48.93333; 9.25Coordinates: 48°56′N 9°15′E / 48.93333°N 9.25°E / 48.93333; 9.25
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Ludwigsburg
Mayor	Herbert Pötzsch
Basic statistics
Area	18.06 km2 (6.97 sq mi)
Elevation	224 m  (735 ft)
Population	15,510 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	859 /km2 (2,224 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	LB
Postal code	71672
Area code	07144
Website	www.Schillerstadt-Marbach.de

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Marbach am Neckar (pop. ca. 15.000) is a town on the river Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The nearest larger cities are Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart (ca. 25 km).

Marbach is known as the birth place of the classical poet and dramatist, Friedrich Schiller. Although Schiller moved away as a child, he is commemorated in Marbach by the Schiller-Nationalmuseum und Deutsches Literaturarchiv (Schiller National Museum and German Literature Archive), one of the main archives of literature history in the country.

The town has a picturesque centre with several churches (the older one is from the 16th century) and many historical houses, including the house in which Schiller was born.

Marbach (Neckar) station is on the Backnang–Ludwigsburg railway and is currently the terminus of line S 4 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn, which is being extended to Backnang.

City friendships

• L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise, France
• St. George, Utah, United States
• Tongling City, Anhui, People's Republic of China
• Washington, Missouri, United States

See also

• Museum of Modern Literature

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 31 December 2009. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf. 

External links

• Official website