Marbach am Neckar
| Marbach am Neckar | ||
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Schiller's birthplace | ||
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  Marbach am Neckar | ||
| Coordinates: 48°56′N 9°15′E / 48.933°N 9.250°ECoordinates: 48°56′N 9°15′E / 48.933°N 9.250°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart | |
| District | Ludwigsburg | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Jan Trost | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 18.06 km2 (6.97 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 15,477 | |
| • Density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 71672 | |
| Dialling codes | 07144 | |
| Vehicle registration | LB | |
| Website | www.Schillerstadt-Marbach.de | |
Marbach am Neckar (population approximately 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 birthplace 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. In 2006, the Literaturmuseum der Moderne (Museum of Modern Literature) was opened for public just next to the existing museum. The iconic and modern building was planned by British architect David Chipperfield. It displays and archives 20th-century literature. Notable original manuscripts include The Trial by Franz Kafka and Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin.
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 it used to be the terminus of line S 4 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn, which was extended to Backnang in 2013.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Marbach am Neckar is twinned with:
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L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise, France -
Tongling City, Anhui, People's Republic of China -
Washington, Missouri, United States
Poulation development
Numbers are according to the text in dewiki (approximately)
1634: 1.765
1639: 863
1692: 1.478
1695: 609
1846: 2.450
1861: 2.200
World War I: 132 fallen
1919: 2.900
1933: 3.500
1980: 12.000
2005: more than 15.000
2015: 15.612
Mayors
- 1903–1907: Johannes Härtner
- 1907–1925: Theodor Forstner
- 1925–1945: Wilhelm Kopf
- 1945–1948: Wilhelm Schenk
- 1948–1973: Hermann Zanker
- 1973–1997: Heinz Georg Keppler
- 1997–2013: Herbert Pötzsch
- since 2013: Jan Trost
See also
Sons and daughters of the town
- Tobias Mayer (1723-1762), mathematician, physicist and astronomer
- Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), poet
- Iring Fetscher (1922-2014), political scientist and author
- Rolf Geiger (born 1934), footballer
- Fritz Aldinger (born 1941), materials scientist
References
External links
Media related to Marbach am Neckar at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
