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Schillers Birthplace in Marbach

Famous People in Stuttgart: Friedrich Schiller

Many people connected with Stuttgart have made history - and indeed continue to do so. The following are just a few of them (but hopefully might inspire you to find out more for yourself).

Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller was born on 10.11.1759 in Marbach am Neckar as the son of J.C. Schiller, an army surgeon.

He spent his childhood and adolescence in impoverished circumstances.

After attending the village school and later the Latin school, in 1773 he entered the Hohe Karlsschule at Solitude Palace in Stuttgart on the orders of Duke Karl Eugen, where he began his medical studies in 1776 and worked from 1780 onwards as a regimental doctor in the state of Württemberg`s royal capital. The performance of his play "The Robbers" resulted in Schiller being arrested and banned from writing.

He fled to Weimar (1787) via Mannheim (1783), Leipzig (1785) and Dresden. In 1789 he was appointed extraordinary professor of history and philosophy in Jena, but settled permanently in Weimar in 1799.

Schiller died in Weimar on 9.5.1805.

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