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Ludwigsburg Residential Palace
One of Europe's largest baroque palaces dazzles with 452 rooms and vast 'Blooming Baroque' gardens north of Stuttgart.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Marbach am Neckar
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · Europe
About Marbach am Neckar
Marbach am Neckar works well as a base: 10 minutes from Freiberg am Neckar, 6km from Ludwigsburg Residential Palace.
Marbach am Neckar is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with about 16,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Freiberg am Neckar, about 4 km away.
Marbach am Neckar (German pronunciation: [ˈmaʁbax ʔam ˈnɛkaʁ], lit. 'Marbach on the Neckar') is a town about 20 kilometres north of Stuttgart. It belongs to the district of Ludwigsburg, the Stuttgart region and the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart. Marbach is known as the birthplace of Friedrich Schiller, toRead more
whom it owes the additional designation of Schiller City, which it has officially held since 2022. The town is home to the Schiller National Museum, the German Literature Archive and the Modern Literature Museum.
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What is there to see near Marbach am Neckar?
Within an hour or so of Marbach am Neckar: Ludwigsburg Residential Palace (6 km), Porsche Museum (14 km), Mercedes-Benz Classic Center Fellbach (14 km), Wilhelma Zoo and Botanical Garden (15 km).
Are there any good drives near Marbach am Neckar?
The nearest famous roads are Solituderennen, Schwarzwaldhochstraße and Schwarzwaldhochstrasse (B500).
Where is Marbach am Neckar?
Marbach am Neckar is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, about 4 km from Freiberg am Neckar.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 15,604
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Baden-Wurttemberg
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 48.9396, 9.2599
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Marbach am Neckar
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Porsche Museum
A striking modernist building showcasing over 80 vehicles tracing Porsche's legendary sports car and racing heritage.
14 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Mercedes-Benz Classic Center Fellbach
Workshop and showroom where vintage Mercedes-Benz cars are meticulously restored and sold as certified classics.
14 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Wilhelma Zoo and Botanical Garden
Stuttgart's combined zoological-botanical garden in a historic Moorish palace complex with over 11,000 animals.
15 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Mercedes-Benz Museum
A stunning double-helix building chronicling 130 years of automotive history from the invention of the car to the present.
17 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Erlebnispark Tripsdrill
Charming Swabian-themed park near Stuttgart combining traditional German culture with exciting rides and a wildlife park.
18 km · about 20 min drive
historic highway
Solituderennen
A 11.4km road circuit through the forest west of Stuttgart that drew 300,000 spectators to Grand Prix races in the 1960s. The public roads still run the old lap past Schloss Solitude, and the course is entirely drivable today.
25 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Deutsches Zweirad- und NSU-Museum
Four floors of two-wheel history in Neckarsulm's Deutschordensschloss, from wooden draisines to NSU's record-breaking streamliners, in the town that was briefly the world's largest motorcycle maker.
28 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Marbach am Neckar
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 25 kmSolituderennenA 11.4km road circuit through the forest west of Stuttgart that drew 300,000 spectators to Grand Prix races in the 1960s. The public roads still run the old lap past Schloss Solitude, and the course is entirely drivable today.
- 47 kmKochertal ViaductEurope's tallest road bridge by pillar height carries the A6 some 185 m above the Kocher valley near Geislingen.
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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