Marbach am Neckar

Marbach am Neckar
Schiller's birthplace
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Marbach am Neckar
Coordinates: 48°56′N 9°15′E / 48.933°N 9.250°E / 48.933; 9.250Coordinates: 48°56′N 9°15′E / 48.933°N 9.250°E / 48.933; 9.250
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)
• 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.

Marbach am Neckar is twinned with:

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

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