Tourist Attractions Marbach Bottwartal
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Tourismusgemeinschaft Tourist Attractions Marbach Bottwartal 1 St. Alexander’s Church, built in a late 3 The former Tannery from 1578 is the house, dates from 1700-1702 (Untere 11 The sculpture depicts the house’s Euro/1.00 Euro concessions, group in 1678, a sculpture depicts the mer- Gothic style between 1450 and 1490, is oldest building to have been completely Holdergasse 4). owner, the master stonemason Christian tours 15.00 Euro (duration approx. 30 chant Dietrich Wunderlich (Strohgasse one of the most beautiful hall churches preserved (Am alten Markt 2). Probst (Mittlere Holdergasse 4). mins), Tel. +49 (0)7144/102-297 (Obere 14). in southwest Germany. In 2005, it re- 9 When the town was expanded in the Holdergasse 2). ceived the last remaining three-manual 4 The Gasthaus Goldener Löwe was 15th century, the Haspelturm (Winch 12 The former Spezialat (an ecclesias- 19 The Interim Town Hall served as Voit organ in the world, built in 1868. where Schiller’s mother, Elisabetha Do- Tower) was built as the northwest corner tical building) was rebuilt in 1696 and 15 The Heinlinsche Hof, built in 1688, such after the town fire, from 1693 to The Concordia Schiller Bell in the tower rothea Kodweiß, was born in 1732 (Ni- tower of the town’s defences. from 1754-1806 was home to the parish is the only known building within the 1763 (Rathausgasse 1). was a present from the German resi- klastorstr. 39). administration (Niklastorstr. 17). town walls to have survived the fire of dents of Moscow for Schiller’s 100th bir- 10 This one-story building, which was 1693 unscathed (Auf den Felsen 1). 20Tulpenstraße The Parish Administration, built in thday. Open daily 9am-6pm March-Oct. 5 Schiller’s Birthplace (see overleaf) rebuilt after 1700 on the old founda- 13 The Rathmann House is home to Heckenstraße 1700, was the Spezialat (an ecclesiasti- ße (except during a few rehearsal times), tions, was a typical vintner’s house in two sculptures (Niklastorstr. 7). 16 The former Physikatra (Doctor’s cal building) and deaconry from 1754 st n guided tours for groups and children, 6 The statue in the Wild Man Fountain the Holdergassen (see overleaf) (Mittle- House) was built in 1699e (Marktstr. 53). (Strohgasse 13). rt a Tel. +49 (0)7144/898013, depicts the legendary founder of the re Holdergasse 16). 14 The Jäger Oil Mill, a technologi- G www.alexanderkirche-marbach.de, town of “Mars Bacchus” (Niklastorstr.). 17 A typical reconstructed house, 21 In 1847, the Grabentor (Moat Gate) cal Panoramawegheritage memorial, documents the www.fuehrungen-alexanderkirche.de The building commonly known as the different processes involved in oil ma- which according to its inscription became the entrance to the newly laid (Am alten Markt). 7 The former Deaconry was built in Salzscheuer (Salt Barn), which is now nufacture, using the mill machinery was built in 1694 after the town fire Grabenstraße. 1698 (Niklastorstr. 21). home to a microbrewery, was probably from 1906 which remains almost fully (Marktstr. 47). Bahnhof 2 The former Poorhouse was built in once the town’s warehouse for salt sto- functional. Last Sun of the month, 2pm- Kirchenweinbergstr. 1611 (Am alten Markt 6). 8 The former Beguinage, later a school- rage, built in 1738 (Mittlere Holdergasse 11). 5pm (and by priorhospital arrangement), 2.00 18 On the corner of his house, built cemetery Bannmüller Kirchenweinberglstr. Bahnhofstraße ̇ ̇ 1 z Rielingshäuser Straße point of view A u N 600 m g m 1 r e Boat landing stage A w a e l t t 8 Erdmannhäuser Straße e t 1 n ü Benningen h ̇ l M e way a ̇ to th 2 g Goethestraße e r b e o i at lan k d Z ing t s tage Bottwartalstraße 400 m Stadtmauer begehbar 3 Ziegelstraße to the train station U ̈ ntere Hol Cotta- derg Schillerstraße asse platz 9 8 4 ere Holdergass ̇ l e Mitt way to the boat landing stage 10 7 5 11 6 12 Tobias-Mayer-Str. Hauffstraße cycling track cycling Obere Holdergasse n e s Neckar l e F 14 e n e 13 ß a d r t f 36 N rs 15 u i o L 1100 k t l Torgasse A as 37 16 R o Göckelhof 6 Marktstraße s 33 34 e 17 n g 35 a s s Postweg M 33 e e ü ß e h a s r l s t w 32 s a n e g Marktstraße 28 e g e n b e 18 s 19 e s a ß St roh r gas a w a se 27 ä r Rathaus- g H ße h gasse Güntterstraße e ra i t t B rmann-Hesse-S c S WC e S Kelter- t r e 25 Platz m 26 g a e 41 r 20 r ß u e a b r b Hauffstraße t s s O g 21 h i 22 29 c 31 ri w l d 30 U u footpath and cycling track L Wildermuthstraße Grabenstraße 23 24 Silcherstraße access to multi-story Bangertstr. Wächterstraße car park ̈ e WC g ß r a Birkenweg u r 42 t König- Neckaraue s le b h r üsc s b e Wilhelm- lder g n Attraction o i H i e Platz w t WC Schulstraße 14 S Mörikerst. 37 d u L Affalterbacher Straße Museum h c S W teiner a str. n i U e hlandstr. la ̇ n Pedestrian Zone ds tr aß e Old Town Heritage Site Historical Guide – Guide through Schillerstadt and its quarters Schafgartenstr. ISBN 3-923107-13-7, 166 pages, 167 images with Area with traffic-cal- Adalbert-Stifter-Str. fold-out street map. ming measures/Footpath Poppenweiler Straße Kernerstraße Steps footpath to Schillerhöhe 400 m Car Park ̇ (free) N Krähbergstraße Disabled Car Park Not to be missed: (free) 1 St. Alexander’s Church to the historic part of the town 500 m ̈ 23 5 Schiller’s Birthplace Multi-storey Car Park 38 (free) 8-14 Holdergassen German J. G. Fischer Str. 26 Oberer Torturm Literature Archive Coach Park (Upper Gate Tower) to the historic part of the town Hölderlinstraße ̈ (free) 37 Tobias Mayer Museum Boat Landing 39 Schiller-Nationalmuseum Haffnerstraße (National Schiller Museum) 40 Literaturmuseum der Moderne Caravan sites Jahnstraße (Museum of Modern Literature) National Schiller S Schillerhöhe c 39 h WC Museum il le WC r Lenauweg h ö Schiller h 38 e Memorial WC Disabled WC Museum of DanneckerstraßeAuerbachstraße 40 Modern Literature Collegien- haus Concert Hall 26 WC Concert Hall Johann Caspar Schiller’s Orchard Hermann- Zanker- Bad ca. 100 m approach via Weimarstraße Weimarstr. 22 The Diebs- oder Malefizturm (Thie- defences and the tower itself. 31 The former Vogtei is the birthplace with its spiral staircase has been preser- school children have honoured the public in the museums. The holdings ves’ or Criminals’ Tower) once served as Open daily 11am-5pm, small entry of the famous lawyer Karl Georg von ved from the Renaissance (Niklastorstr.). town’s greatest son with flowers each create an impression of German lite- a prison (Grabenstr.). fee on weekends, free on weekdays, Wächter (1797-1880, Strohgasse 5). year on his birthday. rature and literary and cultural life in group tours (see overleaf), Tel. +49 37 Tobias Mayer Museum Germany from 1750 to the present 23 About half of the Rondellturm (0)7144/102-297 (Marktstr. 1). 32 On the round arch in the town’s eas- (see overleaf) 39 Schiller-Nationalmuseum (Natio- (Round Tower) is underground, giving tern wall, you can see the trademark nal Schiller Museum) 41 The city of Stuttgart’s former Hy- an idea of the breadth and depth of the 27 St. Wendelin’s Chapel, founded in symbol of the merchant Georg Ehren- In 1835-1840 the park was built on the (see overleaf) droelectric Power Plant was opened town’s former moat (Grabenstr.). 1433, is a fine example of late Gothic reich Schroll (Marktstr. 15). Schillerhöhe, with a wonderful view in 1900. architecture (Marktstr. 2). of the Neckar Valley. At the southern 40 Literaturmuseum der Moderne 24 The Bürgerturm (Citizens’ Tower) 33 The arcades of the Town Hall were end, Johann Caspar Schiller’s Orchard (Museum of Modern Literature) 42 In the former Waaghäuschen (Sca- was once one of the corner towers from 28 In the House of the Kodweiß Fami- built in 1760-1763 and comprehensively was planted. It includes old species of (see overleaf) les House), the Oven Museum displays the outer town walls. ly, Schiller’s grandfather, Georg Friedrich renovated in the late 1980s (Marktstr. trees described by the poet’s father. The pieces from the Wilhelminian period Kodweiß, later owner of the Goldener 23). Stadthalle Schillerhöhe (Concert Hall) In 1955, the Deutsche Literaturarchiv to Art Nouveau. Open every 2 months, 25 The House of Ottilie Wildermuth Löwe, was born (Marktstr. 8). was opened in 1957 and renovated in Marbach (DLA – German Literature last Sun, 2pm-5pm (and by prior ar- (1817-1877) was where the author 34 In the “Schatzhaus” (Treasure 2009 and modernised to the latest tech- Archive Marbach) was established as rangement), entrance free, Tel. +49 spent her childhood (Wildermuthstr. 5). 29 Until the town fire in 1693, Burg- House), a collection of coins from 1340- nical standards. an extension of the Schiller-National- (0)7141/51615, [email protected] platz was the location of the castle of 1385 was found in 1986 (Marktstr. 32) museum. In 1973 it received its own (Ludwigsburger Str. 15). 26 The Obere Torturm (Upper Gate To- the Dukes, previously Counts of Würt- 38 For Schiller’s 100th birthday in 1859, building and is now one of the world’s wer), first recorded in 1290, was rebuilt temberg.