Saturday, July 14, 2012

Ludwigsburg, Marbach and Stuttgart - part 2

After Ludwigsburg we took the subway to Marbach am Neckar.
Marbach am Neckar (population approximately 15,000) is a town on the river Neckar. The nearest larger cities are Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart.
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.
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.

Here you can see the house where Schiller was born.

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