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| Marbach am Neckar | ||
| federal state | Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
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| Residents | 16.008 (2019) | |
| height | 229 m | |
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Marbach is a city in Neckar basin.
background
Marbach am Neckar is the poet's birthplace Friedrich Schiller. It is located in the central Neckar area on a hill on the right side of the river. The place was first mentioned in a document in 972, it has been part of Württemberg since 1302.
getting there
By plane
The nearest airport is that Stuttgart Airport
(IATA: STR).
By train
One reaches the 1 Marbach station from Stuttgart with the S-Bahn line S4 above Ludwigsburg.
In the street
From the autobahn 
14 Pleidelsheim can be reached via the L1125 to Murr, from there the L1000 to Marbach.
The German half-timbered street leads through the place.
By boat
There is one in the summer months Ship connection from Stuttgart / Bad_Cannstatt. The 2 Pier in Marbach is located about 100 meters upstream from the pedestrian bridge over the Neckar directly at the beer garden.
By bicycle
Marbach is right on the Alb-Neckar-Weg and on Neckar Valley way, one of the most beautiful cycle paths in southern Baden-Württemberg.
mobility
Marbach can be easily explored on foot.
Tourist Attractions
Old town
The old town is still surrounded on three sides by a city wall. You get inside through 3 gates, the upper gate tower leads to Marktstrasse. In the middle is that 1 town hall with carillon that can be heard several times a day. Also worth seeing are the numerous well-preserved half-timbered buildings, primarily the houses where the poet was born Friedrich Schiller and the mathematician and astronomer Tobias Mayer. Large parts of the historic old town are as Cultural monument protected.
Schillerhöhe
About 500 m south of the old town is the Schillerhöhe. The poet's monument stands in the middle of a park, he looks directly at the building of the 4 Schiller National Museum. To the right of that is that German Literature Archive, it says on the left 5 Modern Literature Museum. The park was laid out around 1840, and there are mighty old trees in it. From the Schillerhöhe you have a beautiful view down into the Neckar valley.
The access to the Schillerhöhe is well signposted, there is good free parking, also for buses.
activities
shop
kitchen
Cheap
- Marbach boathouse, Mühlwert 1, 71672 Marbach, directly on the Neckar at the landing stage. Suitable for cyclists in transit, because it is down in the valley.
nightlife
accommodation
Learn
Practical advice
1 Tourist information Marbach, Marktstrasse 23, 71672 Marbach am Neckar. Tel.: 49 (0)7144 102-0, Email: [email protected].
trips
- to the Urweltmuseum in the neighboring Steinheim an der Murr
- to the Blooming Baroque Ludwigsburg
- to the nearby state capital Stuttgart
literature
Web links
- German Literature Archive Marbach
- Schiller's birthplace
- http://www.schillerstadt-marbach.de - Official website of Marbach am Neckar
