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Encyclopedia > Marbach am Neckar
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Basic Information
State: Baden-Württemberg
Administrative District: Stuttgart
Conurbation: Ludwigsburg
Area (City of Marbach): 18,06 km²
Population (City of Marbach): 15.313 (31.3.2004)
Population Density: 848 Inhabitants per km²
Percentage of Non-Germans: 14%
Geographical Position: 48° 56' N φ
09° 15' E λ
Average Altitude: 224 m.
Post Code: 71672
Code: 07144
Car Licence Code: LB
Politics
City Government:
Contact Address:
Marktstraße 23
71672 Marbach am Neckar
Web Site: www.schillerstadt-marbach.de
E-Mail: rathaus@schillerstadt-marbach.de
Mayor: Herbert Pötzsch

Marbach am Neckar (pop. ca. 15.000) is a city on the river Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The nearest larger cites are Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart (ca. 25 km). Image File history File links Wappen_Marbach_am_Neckar. ... Image File history File links Karte_Stuttgart_in_Deutschland. ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... Stuttgart is one of the four administrative districts (Regierungsbezirke) of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the north-east of the state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwestern part of Germany. ... Ludwigsburg is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Compass rose with north highlighted and at top North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the primary direction: north is used (explicitly or implicitly) to define all other directions; the (visual) top edges of maps usually correspond to the... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... The Neckar is a river in Germany, a major tributary of the River Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim. ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... Ludwigsburg is a city in Germany, about 12 km north of Stuttgarts city center, near the river Neckar. ... Stuttgart, a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 as of September 2005 in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ...


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. Friedrich Schiller Schiller redirects here. ...


The town has a picturesque centre with several churches (the older one is from the 16th century) and many historical houses.


City friendships

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External links

  • Official City Website
  • Deutsches Literaturarchiv
  • Pictures of Marbach (German/English)

  Results from FactBites:
 
Marbach am Neckar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (136 words)
15.000) is a city on the river Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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.
Wikipedia: Neckar (63 words)
The Neckar is a river in Germany, joining the Rhine at Mannheim.
It flows through a steep valley in the Odenwald hills and passes through Tübingen, Nürtingen, Esslingen, Stuttgart and Heidelberg.
The Neckar is 367 km from its source to the Rhine.
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