Ludwigsburg: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 59 - 62 Hotel Riviera
EUR 80 - 164 Nestor Hotel Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg
 Just 400 metres away from the Residenzschloss palace in Ludwigsburg city centre, this 4-star hotel offers elegant rooms, a charming restaurant and won… MoreEUR 59 - 110 NH Ludwigsburg
 This hotel beside the new Arena Ludwigsburg has air-conditioned rooms with flat-screen TV. Central Stuttgart and the Porsche Museum are a direct train… MoreEUR 74 - 164 TOP CountryLine Schlosshotel Monrepos
 Situated on lake Monrepos See, this 4-star hotel offers comfortable accommodation in the northern outskirts of Ludwigsburg, just north of Stuttgart. I… MoreEUR 54 - 79 Hotel Mörike
 Quietly located beside the Pflugfelden Business Park, this non-smoking, 3-star hotel in Ludwigsburg offers contemporary-style rooms with cable TV, fre… MoreEUR 59 - 99 Comfort Hotel Ludwigsburg
 Charming hotel in the middle of the town of Ludwigsburg. All guests have access to the hotel´s tea station and coffee bar free of charge, and th… MoreEUR 79 - 119 BLAUZEIT Designhotel
 Situated in the centre of Ludwigsburg, this hotel combines the themes of air and water in creative fashion. Both business travellers and holidaymakers… MoreEUR 63 - 103 campuszwei - Hotel & Boardinghouse
 This modern boarding house stands in the centre of Ludwigsburg, a 10-minute walk from Ludwigsburg Palace. It offers soundproofed suites with flat-scre… MoreEUR 49 - 89 City Hotel
 This hotel is opposite the Arena Ludwigsburg concert hall, just 1.4 km from the Ludwigsburg Palace. It offers rooms with free Wi-Fi, daily breakfast b… MoreEUR 66 - 135 Best Western Hotel Favorit
 Quietly located in central Ludwigsburg, the Hotel Favorit offers large rooms, free Wi-Fi, and a free steam room. Ludwigsburg Train Station is just 400… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ludwigsburg: Guide
Ludwigsburg is a city in Germany, about 12 km north of Stuttgart's city center, near the river Neckar. It is the capital of the Ludwigsburg (district)|Ludwigsburg District (its largest city having at present ca 87,000 inhabitants), and belongs to the Stuttgart Region in the Stuttgart (region)|Administrative region (Regierungsbezirk) of Stuttgart.
History
The middle of Neckarland, in which Ludwigsburg lies, was settled in the Stone age and in the Bronze age. Numerous archaeology|archaeological finds from the city and the surrounding area remain from the time when it was settled by the Celts.
Toward the end of the 1st century the Ancient Rome|Romans occupied the region. They pushed the Upper Germanic Limes|Limes further to the east around 150, and controlled the region until 260, when the Alamanni occupied the Neckarland. Also the Alamanni settlement is proven by grave finds in the city today.
Ludwigsburg originated in the beginning of the absolutist power. The Baroque hunting- and pleasure-palaces became Favorite Ludwigsburg|Favorite (1713 - 1728), and the Seeschloss Monrepos|Seeschloss (Lake-palace) Monrepos (1764 - 1768) besides. (See Barockerlebnis in #External links for further details.)
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In the years between 1730 and 1800 the royal place of residence changed back and forth several times between Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg. In 1800 Württemberg was occupied by France under Napoleon Bonaparte and was forced into an alliance with France. In 1806 the prince-elector|Kurfürst (Prince-Elector) Friedrich became the king of Württemberg by Napoleon's grant. In 1812 in Ludwigsburg the Württembergish army was raised for Napoleon's Russian campaign. The majority of the soldiers did not survive it.
One famous person to come out of Ludwigsburg during this period was Friedrich Schiller. Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, enrolled the youth in the Karlsschule Stuttgart (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, Die Räuber (The Robbers), about a group of naïve revolutionaries and their tragic failure.
In 1921 Ludwigsburg became the largest garrison in southwest Germany.
In 1926 in the course of the building of the north south powerline the large transformer station Ludwigsburg-Hoheneck, which still exists today, was built, which still represents another central junction in electricity mains of Baden-Württemberg to this day.
In World War II the city - compared with other German cities - suffered moderate destruction. The people had 1,500 dead to mourn. It was also the site of the prisoner-of-war camp Stalag V-A from October 1939 till April 1945. After the end of the war there was a large Displaced persons camp which housed several thousand mainly Poland|Polish DPs until about 1948.
For about 45 years after the war the United States of America|U.S. military maintained Pattonville, a large housing area including a high school, east of Ludwigsburg. In 1956 the tradition of the German garrison town was taken up again by the Bundeswehr, Germany's federal armed forces.
On October 5th, 1957 the first 380kV-powerline in Germany between the transformer station Ludwigsburg-Hoheneck and Rommerskirchen went into service.
In 1966 the Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg|Pädagogische Hochschule (Teaching College) and the Staatliche Sportschule Ludwigsburg (State Sports School) were opened.
2004 is the 300th birthday of Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg, celebrated by the opening of the Baroque Gallery and the Ceramic Museum in Residenzschloss.
Politics
In the local council the following political party|parties or groups are represented:
Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union, 13 councillors
Free Voters Union, 9 councillors
Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party, 8 councillors
German Green Party|The Greens, 5 councillors
Free Democratic Party of Germany|Free Democratic Party/LUBU, 3 councillors
The Republicans (Germany)|Republican Party, 2 councillors
Economy
Local Businesses
Wüstenrot Highrise Building|GdF Wüstenrot, Bausparkasse
Beru AG, automotive supplier
Getrag GmbH, automotive supplier
Sister cities
- Montbéliard (France) since 1950
- Caerphilly (United Kingdom) since 1960
- Eupatoria (Ukraine) since 1990
- Saint Charles, Missouri|Saint Charles, Missouri (USA) since 1995
City sections
Eglosheim
Grünbühl
Hoheneck with a therapeutic and thermal bath, opened in 1907
Neckarweihingen
Oßweil
Pflugfelden
Poppenweiler
Weststadt
People
Carl Maria von Weber and Friedrich Silcher wrote music in Ludwigsburg.
Horst Köhler, current Federal President of Germany and previous managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) grew up in Ludwigsburg.
Sons and daughters of the city
Wilhelm Groener (22 November 1867 - 3 May 1939 in Bornstedt near Potsdam), German soldier and politician.
Caesar von Hofacker (2 March 1896 - 20 December 1944 in Berlin), member of the Luftwaffe, Widerstand|resistance fighter against Hitler, member of the July 20 Plot.
Justinus Kerner (18 September 1786 - 21 February 1862 in Weinsberg), writer and physician.
Eduard Mörike (8 September 1804 - 4 June 1874 in Stuttgart), poet and theology|theologian.
Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (13 April 1739 - 10 October 1791 in Stuttgart), poet.
Tony Schumacher (17 May 1848 - 10 July 1931 in Ludwigsburg), author of children's books.
David Friedrich Strauß (27 June 1808 - 8 February 1874 in Ludwigsburg), theologian and writer.
Friedrich Theodor Vischer (30 June 1807 - 14 September 1887 in Gmunden am Traunsee), Protestantism|Protestant theologian, German writer, professor of philosophy and aesthetics, politician.
Print references
Andrea Hahn: Ludwigsburg, Stationen einer Stadt, Andreas Hackenberg Verlag, Ludwigsburg 2004, ISBN 3-937280-02-2
Gernot von Hahn, Friedhelm Horn: Ludwigsburg, Stadt der Schlösser und Gärten, Medien-Verlag Schubert, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-929229-55-2
Bruno Hahnemann: Ludwigsburg. Stadt - Schlösser - Blühendes Barock, Verlag Ungeheuer + Ulmer, Ludwigsburg 1979
on the sidelines, Frederick Forsyth: The Odessa File (ISBN 0-553-27198-9)
External links
, Internet site of the City of Ludwigsburg.
, palaces and museums in Ludwigsburg.
, porcelain manufacturer.
information about Ludwigsburg on the web.
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