Steinheim an der Murr is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg,

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. It is situated on the river Murr, 9 km northeast of

Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg (; Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, 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 ...

. It is known worldwide for the Steinheim skull, the skull of an early human found there in 1933. This human lived around 250,000 years ago. The original skull is kept in the museum of nature in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

, while in Steinheim, visitors can see two reproductions of the skull in a small museum.

Localities

* Höpfigheim Urmensch-museum-steinheim-murr-schaedel-nah

Notable people

Notable people born in Steinheim an der Murr include: *

Philipp Christoph Zeller Philipp Christoph Zeller (8 April 1808 – 27 March 1883) was a German entomologist. Zeller was born at Steinheim an der Murr, Württemberg, two miles from Marbach, the birthplace of Schiller. The family moved to Frankfurt (Oder) where Philipp ...

(1808–1883), entomologist (insect collector) *

Eduard Zeller Eduard Gottlob Zeller (; 22 January 1814, Kleinbottwar19 March 1908, Stuttgart) was a German philosopher and Protestant theologian of the Tübingen School of theology. He was well known for his writings on Ancient Greek philosophy, especiall ...

(1814–1908), born in Kleinbottwar, theologian and philosopher

References

Ludwigsburg (district) Württemberg Paleoanthropological sites {{Ludwigsburg-geo-stub