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| German State (Germany)|State: || [[Baden-Württemberg]]
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| Administrative District: || [[Stuttgart]]
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| Conurbation: || [[Ludwigsburg]]
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| Area (City of Marbach): || 18,06 km²
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| Population (City of Marbach): || 15.313 ''<small>(31.3.2004)</small>''
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| Population Density: || 848 Inhabitants per km²
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| Percentage of Non-Germans: || 14%
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| Geographical Position: || 48° 56' [[north|N]] [[latitude|&phi;]]<br />09° 15' [[east|E]] [[longitude|&lambda;]]
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| Average Altitude: || 224 m.
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| Post Code: || 71672
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| Area Code|Code: || 07144
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| Car Licence Code: || <tt>LB</tt> 
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| City Government: Contact Address: || Marktstraße 23<br />71672 Marbach am Neckar
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| Web Site: || <small>[http://www.schillerstadt-marbach.de/ www.schillerstadt-marbach.de]</small>
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| E-Mail: || <small>[mailto:[email protected] [email protected]]</small>
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| [[Lord Mayor]]: || Herbert Pötzsch
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'''Marbach am Neckar''' (pop. ca. 15.000) is a city on the river [[Neckar]] in [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]]. The nearest larger cites are [[Ludwigsburg]] and [[Stuttgart]] (ca. 25 km).

Marbach is known as the birth place of the classical poet and dramatist, [[Friedrich Schiller]]. Although Schiller moved away as a child already, he is commemorated in Marbach by the ''Schiller-Nationalmuseum und Deutsches Literaturarchiv'' (''Schiller National Museum and German Literature Archive''), one of the main archives of literature history in the country.

The town has a picturesque centre with several churches (the older one is from the 16th century) and many historical houses.

== City friendships ==

* [[Washington, Missouri]], USA 
* [[L'Isle-Adam]], France

== External links ==

* [http://www.schillerstadt-marbach.de/ Official City Website]
* [http://www.dla-marbach.de/ Deutsches Literaturarchiv] 

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[[de:Marbach am Neckar'''The Queen of Spades''' or ''Pique Dame'' (''&#1055;&#1080;&#1082;&#1086;&#1074;&#1072;&#1103; &#1076;&#1072;&#1084;&#1072;'' in [[Russian language|Russian]]) is a short story by famed [[Russia]]n poet [[Aleksandr Pushkin]].  It was adapted into a fairly well known [[opera]] with music by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]].  

The opera [[libretto]] is by [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], the [[composer]]'s brother.  The first performance was on [[19 December]] [[1890]] in [[Saint Petersburg]].

Pushkin's original story was rewritten dramatically before it was suitable to be turned into an opera. In the operatic treatment, Herman is a an army officer who falls in love with Lisa, the granddaughter of a Countess who was taught the "secret of the three cards", and was subsequently known as the Queen of Spades. She has revealed the secret to two men, but if she reveals it to a third, she will die. Herman becomes obsessed with learning the secret, and it costs him his possessions, Lisa and, ultimately, his own life.

In Pushkin's original story, the love affair with Lisa, although still an important plot event, is subsidiary to Herman's obsession with the secret of the cards.  Herman is ultimately driven mad, but does not die, while Lisa goes on to live happily.

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