European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Schiller Anent Crl school fat cog fat years on the grounds of so if of Solitude above the Homo where Schiller was born far Eft. Schiller s death mask my. The National Schiller museum below features a room that traces the writer s life pro urfi a series of portraits drawings and letters. National Schiller museum in Marbach. Among Schiller s works germans probably arc mail familiar with Ihei plays die rub or the. Robbers and Wall Emtin Pfafflin said. Americans  been More enthusiastic about the play Wil Ctm Tell Over the years a play hat includes a inc from the declaration of Independence. Adolf Miller also liked Wilhelm Tell attending performances of it each year on his birthday from 1938 to 1941. Then the nazis banned the play after noticing theater audiences jubilant reaction to seeing Tell assassinate a Lyral Pfafflin said. They also banned Schiller s play Don Carlos because it features a Linn about Liberty thai the authorities loll was mutinous. Such sentiments endeared him to the French after their Revolti Ion of 1789. The French government awarded him honorary citizenship an Honor it also conferred upon George Washington and a handful of other libertarians. Besides Weimar Schiller Sites in East Germany include the House at  2 in Ena where he lived while working at a University professor and buildings associated with him in Dresden Leipzig  and Bauc Bacn. The East German government bans travel to Bauerbach because it is within 5 Miles of the West German Border Pfafflin said but the other sues Are accessible. Many Schiller residences in West Germany were destroyed Durins the War including an Academy and several Homes in Stuttgart. Nonetheless a literary Buff can find his tracer in the area. In Marbach a 2-Mark payment gains admission to the birth House. Located a couple of blocks from the Center of the cramped old town in documents his family history and contains clothing and Many personal articles thai belonged to the writer. It also traces the history of the local population s efforts to Honor him. The House is open every Day from 9 . To noon and.1 to 6 , the museum located at Schiller Hoehe 8-10, has a much better collection of artefacts and information not Only about Schiller but about Hermann Hesse and a Host of other authors from the swabian Region of southwestern Germany. A newer building Nam door the ecu Luhcs  German literature Archive contains research facilities for people studying German language writing since 1750, at that time Marbach was in the kingdom of Wurttemberge located an its Northern Border. Schiller s father was in the army and Speni a lot of Lime away from Home. The Duke of Vurl Wernborg was very engaged in building castles and to finance his construction he sold his soldiers said Pfafflin noting that he elder Schiller s occupation took him to France Holland and other countries. As n result the family moved often from one Home to another. In ludwigs Burg the former Royal seat the family lived upstairs in a House that now is the location of a wine Wald fast food restaurant. Other Schiller residences in Lud vis Saburi Are now private Leonirs. Schiller s lather left the army my  the family to Torch win re Ihu family Home Bill stands at  5, a private Home. Schiller Ihen attended a school in Stuttgart with Hopes of entering the ministry but when he was 13 the Duke forced him to attend a strict school Al Schloss Solitude. The Castle still stands on Skull girl s Western Edge and is open to the Public. Schiller spent eight years there training for the medical profession us the end  time. He joined the Duke s army As a regimental physician and began writing plays. The Duke forbade him from writing plays after the to Libers created 3 Sens lion across the Border in Mannheim so Schiller fled Wunt Niberg. A Monument on the Road Between  n and Breden Marks this event which occurred in 1782. The Mannheim theater where Schiller first lasted farm was destroyed during the last War but the Vieh Hof a House where he sought Refuge for iwo months in the of Gorshein dist incl of nearby Ludwigshafen still exists. It houses a Library and a Monument to Schiller Elands in the fear courtyard. While Schiller suffered a lapse of attention during the tacos when the academic tide turned against traditional writers he has become popular again since then. The Marbach museum entertains Between 35,000 and �0,000 visitors each year depending on what the special exhibits arc bul Schiller always is the main attraction