Sister City

From the Book:
MARBACH am Neckar

The Town of Schiller’s Birth
Published by Stadt Marbach am Neckar
Translation by Philip Mann

Marbach Am Neckar – Schiller’s Town

Ariel view from the west; the old town centre’s hotchpotch of houses is clearly visible across the Neckar.  On the far side of the railway line, on the far left, is the hospital, followed by the Kirchenweinberg housing estate and, in the far distance, Rielingshausen. To the right of the picture, the National Schiller Museum and the public buildings built in the 20th century.

Ariel view from the west; the old town centre’s hotchpotch of houses is clearly visible across the Neckar.  On the far side of the railway line, on the far left, is the hospital, followed by the Kirchenweinberg housing estate and, in the far distance, Rielingshausen. To the right of the picture, the National Schiller Museum and the public buildings built in the 20th century.

Harvest Festival service in St. Alexander’s.

Obere Marktstrasse towards the Gate Tower;in the background on the left, St. Wendelin’s Chapel.

The view west along Obere Marktstrasse.

Two imposing inns next to the town hall, on which building work was started in  1760.  The two inns took on their present-day form in about 1900, two buildings being merged in both cases.

The hamlet of Siegelhausen has been part of Marbach since 1828.

The village of Rielingshausen was incorporated into Marbach in 1972.