Ludwigsburg (; Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a

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Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg district with about 88,000 inhabitants. It is situated within the '' Stuttgart Region'', and the district is part of the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Stuttgart.

History

The middle of Neckarland, where Ludwigsburg lies, was settled in the

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and

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s. Numerous archaeological sites from the

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remain in the city and surrounding area. Towards the end of the 1st century, the area was occupied by the

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. They pushed the

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further to the east around 150 and controlled the region until 260, when the Alamanni occupied the Neckarland. Evidence of the Alamanni settlement can be found in grave sites in the city today. Ludwigsburg Palace December 2018 IMG 0846

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The origins of Ludwigsburg date from the beginning of the 18th century (1718–1723) when the largest baroque castle in Germany,

Ludwigsburg Palace Ludwigsburg Palace, nicknamed the "Versailles of Swabia", is a 452-room palace complex of 18 buildings located in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its total area, including the gardens, is the largest palatial estate in the country. T ...

was built by

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Eberhard Ludwig von

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. Originally, the Duke planned to just build one country home (albeit a palace), which he began building in 1704. However, the examples of other

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fostered a desire to project his absolutist power by establishing a city. To the baroque palace, he added a hunting lodge and country seat, called '' Schloss Favorite'' (1713–1728), and the ''Seeschloss'' (castle on the lake) '' Monrepos'' (1764–1768). A settlement began near the palace in 1709 and a town charter was granted on 3 April 1718. That same year, Ludwigsburg became a bailiff's seat, which eventually became the rural district of Ludwigsburg in 1938. In the years between 1730 and 1800, the royal seat of residence changed back and forth several times between Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg. In 1800, Württemberg was occupied by France under

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and was forced into an alliance. In 1806, the '' Kurfürst'' (Prince-Elector) Friedrich was made king of Württemberg by Napoleon. In 1812, the Württembergish army was raised in Ludwigsburg for Napoleon's Russian campaign. Of the 15,800 Württemberg soldiers who served, just a few hundred returned. In 1921, Ludwigsburg became the largest garrison in southwest Germany. In 1945, Ludwigsburg was made a "Kreisstadt" (urban district), and later, when the Baden-Württemberg municipal code took effect on 1 April 1956, the city was named a major urban district. In 1956 the tradition of the German garrison town was taken up again by the ''

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'', Germany's federal armed forces. 2004 was the 300th birthday of ''Residenzschloss'' Ludwigsburg, celebrated by the opening of the Baroque Gallery and the Ceramic Museum in the ''Residenzschloss''.

Founding

The area around Ludwigsburg had been a favored hunting grounds by the royal Württemberg family for generations before the founding of Ludwigsburg. Although the region was wilderness, it was easily accessible by boat using the Neckar River. In 1704 the founder of Ludwigsburg,

Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg Duke Eberhard Louis (18 September 1676 – 31 October 1733) was the Duke of Württemberg, from 1692 until 1733. Biography Eberhard Louis was born in Stuttgart the third child of Duke William Louis and his wife, Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Da ...

, arranged for the laying of the foundation stone for Ludwigsburg Palace. Ludwigsburg is named after the Duke Eberhard Louis' middle name, Ludwig being the German name for Louis. Right up until his death, construction workers and craftsmen worked on what was to become one of the largest Baroque palace ensembles in Europe. Under Eberhard Louis and his successor, Charles Eugene, the Palace served as the royal residence of Württemberg for a total of 28 years. With the Palace as their ''

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'' (translated literally, "collective work of art") and the opulent festivals they organized, the Dukes put their unbounded power on display with no consideration for the finances of Württemberg. To them, their most important task was to bring fame and renown to the court of Württemberg and to compete with and outdo other European rulers in this regard. Duke Eberhard Louis planned to found an ideal Baroque city right beside Ludwigsburg Palace. From 1709 onwards, he tried to attract new residents to the city with a series of incentives: first he promised free plots of land and free building materials as well as fifteen years tax-free status, and later on he added freedom to practice one's profession and religion to the list. However, the town only began to grow when it was granted city status in 1718 and then in that year became the royal residence and capital city of the country of Württemberg. By the time of Eberhard Louis' death in 1733, the population had risen to around 6,000 people, which was more than half as big as the former capital city Stuttgart. Nevertheless, the new capital city Ludwigsburg was still a major construction site with many unpaved streets and half-finished buildings. For over two decades, Eberhard Louis (1676–1733) held court in Ludwigsburg with his mistress Wilhilmine von Grävenitz (1684–1744) while the Duchess Johanna Elisabeth (1680–1757) remained in Stuttgart. The clever, ambitious mistress made the best of her time, influencing politics in Württemberg and advancing her status in society. When it became clear that the seriously ill heir to the throne would not come to power, Eberhard Louis had a change of heart, split with his lover and reconciled with his wife in the hope that he would have another son. This was cause for great joy for many people in Württemberg, as the Protestant population feared that power would fall into the hands of the Catholic side of the royal house. To mark reconciliation, the Ludwigsburg citizenry published a leaflet with a copper etching that made reference to the general wish for a new heir to the throne. The etching depicts the personification of Ludwigsburg who is receiving a pearl, a symbol of fertility, from the hand of God. However, people's hopes for another child were not fulfilled as Eberhard Louis died in 1733 and his Catholic cousin,

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, ascended to the throne. When Charles Alexander immediately moved the capital of Württemberg back to Stuttgart, the population of the Ludwigsburg suddenly dropped by more than half within a year.

Jews and World War II

Jewish families began living in Ludwigsburg during the 19th century and in 1884, a synagogue was built on Solitudestraße. The synagogue was later destroyed by storm troopers during

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, the pogrom of November 1938. In 1988, the perimeter of the structure was marked out in plaster on the site. A 1959 memorial and newer memorial plaques commemorate the Jewish Holocaust victims and extol human rights. In 1940, a Nazi propaganda film, ''

Jud Süß (, "Süss the Jew") is a 1940 Nazi German historical drama and propaganda film produced by Terra Film at the behest of Joseph Goebbels. It is considered one of the most antisemitic films of all time. The film was directed by Veit Harlan, who ...

'', was filmed in Ludwigsburg. The film was based on a historical figure,

Joseph Süß Oppenheimer Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698? – February 4, 1738) was a German Jewish banker and court Jew for Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg in Stuttgart. Throughout his career, Oppenheimer made scores of powerful enemies, some of whom conspired to b ...

, who was executed in Stuttgart in 1738; Oppenheimer lived in Ludwigsburg. During

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, the city suffered moderate damage compared to other German cities. There were 1500 deaths. It was the home of the

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Stalag V-A from October 1939 till April 1945. After the war, there was a large

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which housed several thousand mainly

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displaced persons until about 1948. After 1945 until the middle of 1946, there was also an allied internment camp for war criminals in Ludwigsburg and the

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maintained the Pattonville barracks on the edge of town, large enough to have its own American high school. The land was returned to Germany in 1994. On 27 September 2008, the first 12 Stolpersteine were laid in Ludwigsburg. They are part of a project by artist Gunter Demnig to memorialize individuals who perished under

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persecution. Demnig was back in Ludwigsburg on 7 October 2009 to install more Stolpersteine.

Coat of arms

The

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of Ludwigsburg depicts a black eagle on a golden banner flying on an oblique red lance, on a blue background. Duke

awarded Ludwigsburg its coat of arms on 3 September 1718 as a

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, which had been part of the Duchy of Württemberg's own coat of arms since 1495. There were some minor changes made to the design, as it had already been associated with the town of

Markgröningen Markgröningen is a town in the district (Kreis) of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is known for its fine historic buildings, many in the ''Fachwerk'' German architectural style, and its annual Shepherds' Run. Markgröningen is on ...

. A missive from the office of the mayor of Ludwigsburg in 1759–60 mentions its flag.

Public institutions

* Ludwigsburg has a court of first instance (magistrate’s/municipal court) (

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in German), external benches of the Stuttgart

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, a tax- and revenue office, and an Employment Agency (German: Agentur für Arbeit). * The

Central Office of the State Justice Administrations for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes The Central Office of the State Justice Administrations for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes (german: Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizverwaltungen zur Aufklärung nationalsozialistischer Verbrechen; in short or ) is Germany's main age ...

(German: Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizverwaltungen zur Aufklärung nationalsozialistischer Verbrechen or German: Zentrale Stelle or German: Z Commission), Germany's main agency responsible for investigating war crimes during Nazi rule, has its seat at Ludwigsburg. * Further there is the district administration office (German: Landratsamt) of Ludwigsburg district. * There is a

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with 969 beds of the University Hospital Heidelberg. * The town is also the seat of a church district office of the

Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg (german: Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg) is a Lutheran member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany in the German former state of Württemberg, now part of the state of Baden-Württem ...

(German: Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg) and a deanery of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg, '' Bu ...

. * Since its foundation in 1948 the Franco-German Institute (German: Deutsch-Französisches Institut (DFI)) has its seat at Ludwigsburg. *

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City government

The town council has 40 members. The last local election was on 25 May 2014. The voter participation was 44.62%. The results of the election were:

Business and industry

The

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, includes a large transformer station Ludwigsburg-Hoheneck, built in 1926, which still exists today. It is a central junction in the power lines of Baden-Württemberg to this day. On 5 October 1957, the first 380kV-powerline in Germany between the transformer station Ludwigsburg-Hoheneck and Rommerskirchen went into service.

Local businesses

* GdF Wüstenrot, building and loan association * Beru AG, automotive supplier *

Getrag Getrag (), stylized as GETRAG, was a major supplier of transmission systems for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The company was founded on 1 May 1935, in Ludwigsburg, Germany, by Hermann Hagenmeyer; as the ''Getriebe und Zahnradfabrik ...

GmbH, automotive supplier (founded in Ludwigsburg, now in Untergruppenbach) * Mann+Hummel, manufacturer of automotive filtration products * Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg, bank * Volksbank Ludwigsburg, bank * Stihl * Bosch * Porsche * Mieschke Hofman und Partner *

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* Gleason-Pfauter Maschinenfabrik GmbH

Education

In 1966, the

Ludwigsburg University of Education The Ludwigsburg University of Education (German ''Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg''), also called in English the University of Ludwigsburg and the Pedagogical University of Ludwigsburg, is an institution of higher education in Ludwigsburg, ...

(''Pädagogische Hochschule'') a teacher training college, and the ''Staatliche Sportschule Ludwigsburg'' (State Sports School) were opened. Further universities based in Ludwigsburg are the Ludwigsburg University of Applied Sciences (''Hochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung und Finanzen Ludwigsburg''), a public institution for the training of higher-level Civil Servants), and the Ludwigsburg Evangelical University for Social Works, Church Social Works and Religious Teaching (''Evangelische Hochschule Ludwigsburg (Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit, Religionspädagogik und Diakonie)''). In 1991, a national film school, Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (''Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg'') was established in Ludwigsburg, which has won several national and international awards and is regarded as one of the best film schools in the world. Since 2007, there is also the Academy of Performing Arts Baden-Wuerttemberg (''Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Baden-Württemberg''). Ludwigsburg has eight secondary schools of various types and four

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. There ere are also four special schools and seventeen

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. An

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and the city library are located at the

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behind the city hall.

Sports

Ludwigsburg has seven teams in the top level of professional sports. They are

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(Basketball), both formations A and B of the dance team (1. Tanzclub Ludwigsburg), the Latin-formation (TSC Ludwigsburg), the Hockey-Club Ludwigsburg 1912 e. V., Svl08 (Water-polo) and the riflery team of Ludwigsburg. Additionally there are numerous amateur clubs for various sports.

Districts

Ludwigsburg consists of following districts: * Mitte (Center) * West * Nord (North) * Ost (East) * Süd (South) * Eglosheim * Grünbühl-Sonnenberg * Hoheneck, with a therapeutic and thermal bath, opened in 1907 * Neckarweihingen * Oßweil * Pflugfelden * Poppenweiler

Neighbouring towns

The following towns are neighbouring towns of Ludwigsburg, starting north of the city and going clockwise:

Freiberg am Neckar Freiberg am Neckar is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Neckar, 18 km north of Stuttgart, and 4 km north of Ludwigsburg. Administrative structure The town of ...

, Benningen am Neckar,

Marbach am Neckar Marbach am 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, to ...

, Erdmannhausen,

Affalterbach Affalterbach is a municipality in the Ludwigsburg district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History Affalterbach became a possession of the County of Württemberg in 1322 and was placed under the jurisdiction of Marbach am Neckar. As it sat on ...

, Remseck am Neckar,

Kornwestheim Kornwestheim ( Swabian: ) is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated about north of Stuttgart, and south of Ludwigsburg. History Origins and Development Kornwestheim can look back at a history ...

, Möglingen,

Asperg Asperg () is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History Asperg was established by the County Palatine of Tübingen, whose ruling house had a cadet named Asperg, around a preexisting castle. The town and castle ...

und Tamm.

Population growth

Notable people

Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, enrolled the young Friedrich Schiller in the

Karlsschule Stuttgart Hohe Karlsschule (''Karl's High School'') was the strict military academy founded by Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg in Stuttgart, Germany. It was first founded in 1770 as a military orphanage, but then converted into a military academy in 1773 ...

(an elite military academy he had founded) in 1773, where Schiller eventually studied medicine. The Duke was very demanding of his students, and Schiller's childhood was a lonely and unhappy one, but he was greatly enriched by the excellent education he received. It was there that he wrote his first play, ''

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'' ("The Robbers"), about a group of naïve revolutionaries and their tragic failure. Leopold Mozart visited Württemberg with his son,

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in July 1763 and said, "Ludwigsburg is a very special town." Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart

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geb. Karl Pfizer (1824–1906), chemist and founder of Pfizer Inc. * Wilhelm Emil Fein (1842–1898), inventor * Gerold von Gleich (1869–1938), army officer, military memoirist, physicist *

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(1867–1939), officer and politician *

Willi Hennig Emil Hans Willi Hennig (20 April 1913 – 5 November 1976) was a German biologist and zoologist who is considered the founder of phylogenetic systematics, otherwise known as cladistics. In 1945 as a prisoner of war, Hennig began work on his the ...

(1913–1976), biologist and founder of cladistics *

Caesar von Hofacker Caesar von Hofacker (sometimes Cäsar; 2 March 1896 – 20 December 1944) was a German Luftwaffe Lieutenant Colonel and member of the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler. Career Hofacker was born in Ludwigsburg; his father Eberhard von Hofacker ...

(1896–1944), Luftwaffe officer and Nazi resistance member, hanged for treason * Eduard von Kallee (1818–1888), general, painter, and archaeologist * Richard Kallee (1854–1933), pastor of Stuttgart-Feuerbach *

Justinus Kerner Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner (18 September 1786, in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany – 21 February 1862, in Weinsberg, Baden-Württemberg) was a German poet, practicing physician, and medical writer. He gave the first detailed d ...

(1786–1862), writer and physician * Hartmut Michel (born 1948), co-recipient of 1988

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Eduard Mörike Eduard Friedrich Mörike (8 September 18044 June 1875) was a German Lutheran pastor who was also a Romantic poet and writer of novellas and novels. Many of his poems were set to music and became established folk songs, while others were used by ...

(1804–1875), romantic poet and theologian * Nikolaos Nakas (born 1982), German former footballer * Karl Ludwig von Phull (1757–1826), general *

Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (24 March 1739 – 10 October 1791), was a German poet, organist, composer, and journalist. He was repeatedly punished for his social-critical writing and spent ten years in severe conditions in jail. Life Bor ...

(1739–1791), poet *

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(1848–1931), author of children's books * Hugo Sperrle (1885–1953), field marshal of the Luftwaffe during World War II * David Friedrich Strauß (1808–1874), theologian and writer * Albert Veiel (1806–1874), dermatologist *

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(1807–1887), theologian, professor, and politician * Reinhard von Werneck (1757–1842), soldier and director of

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* Antonio Čolak (born 1993), Croatian footballer

Notable residents

Ilse Koch Ilse Koch (22 September 1906 – 1 September 1967) was a German war criminal who was an overseer at Nazi concentration camps run by her husband, commandant Karl-Otto Koch. Working at Buchenwald (1937–1941) and Majdanek (1941–1943), Koch ...

(1906–1967), Nazi war criminal, lived there *

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(born 1943), former Federal President of Germany, grew up there *

Hans Scholl Hans Fritz Scholl (; 22 September 1918 – 22 February 1943) was, along with Alexander Schmorell, one of the two founding members of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany. The principal author of the resistance movement's ...

(1918–1943), student and resistance fighter, executed by the Nazis *

Sophie Scholl Sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. She was convicted of high treason after having bee ...

(1921–1943), student and resistance fighter, executed by the Nazis *

Friedrich Silcher Philipp Friedrich Silcher (27 June 1789 in Schnait (today part of Weinstadt) – 26 August 1860 in Tübingen), was a German composer, mainly known for his lieder (songs), and an important Volkslied collector.Luise Marretta-Schär, Silcher, (Philip ...

(1789–1860), composer, wrote music there *

Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 17865 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic who was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic era. Best known for his operas, ...

(1786–1826), composer, wrote music there * Eva Heller (1948–2008), author and social scientist, grew up there

Twin towns – sister cities

Ludwigsburg is twinned with: *

Montbéliard Montbéliard (; traditional ) is a town in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about from the border with Switzerland. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department. History Montbéliard is ...

, France (1950) * Caerphilly, Wales, United Kingdom (1960) *

Yevpatoria Yevpatoria ( uk, Євпаторія, Yevpatoriia; russian: Евпатория, Yevpatoriya; crh, , , gr, Ευπατορία) is a city of regional significance in Western Crimea, north of Kalamita Bay. Yevpatoria serves as the administrativ ...

, Ukraine (1990) * St. Charles, United States (1995) *

Nový Jičín Nový Jičín (; german: Neutitschein) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The historic centre of Nový Jičín is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech R ...

, Czech Republic (1991)

References

External links

Official website of the City of Ludwigsburg

about Ludwigsburg *

Other educational institutions

Carl-Schaefer-Schule

Elly-Heuss-Knapp Realschule

Eugen-Bolz Hauptschule

Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium

Goethe-Gymnasium

Gottlieb-Daimler Realschule

Moerike-Gymnasium

Oststadt Hauptschule

Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium

Uhlandschule Hauptschule

Oscar-Walcker-Schule
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