Marbach am Neckar

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Marbach am Neckar
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Ludwigsburg
Mayor	Herbert Pötzsch
Basic statistics
Area	18.06 km² (7 sq mi)
Elevation	224 m (735 ft)
Population	15,431 (01/01/2004)
- Density	854 /km² (2,213 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	LB
Postal code	71672
Area code	07144
Website	schillerstadt-marbach.de Coordinates: 48°56′00″N 9°15′00″E / 48.933333, 9.25

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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 cites 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.

birthplace of Friedrich Schiller

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v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Ludwigsburg (district)

Affalterbach \| Asperg \| Benningen \| Besigheim \| Bietigheim-Bissingen \| Bönnigheim \| Ditzingen \| Eberdingen \| Erdmannhausen \| Erligheim \| Freiberg am Neckar \| Freudental \| Gemmrigheim \| Gerlingen \| Großbottwar \| Hemmingen \| Hessigheim \| Ingersheim \| Kirchheim am Neckar \| Korntal-Münchingen \| Kornwestheim \| Löchgau \| Ludwigsburg \| Marbach am Neckar \| Markgröningen \| Möglingen \| Mundelsheim \| Murr \| Oberriexingen \| Oberstenfeld \| Pleidelsheim \| Remseck \| Sachsenheim \| Schwieberdingen \| Sersheim \| Steinheim an der Murr \| Tamm \| Vaihingen \| Walheim