a very special town." Charles Pfizer 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 Wilhelm Groener (1867–1939), officer and politician Willi Hennig (1913–1976), biologist and founder of cladistics Caesar 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 (1786–1862), writer and physician Hartmut Michel (born 1948), co-recipient of 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Eduard Mörike (1804–1875), romantic poet and theologian Nikolaos Nakas (born 1982), German former footballer Karl Ludwig von Phull (1757–1826), general Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739–1791), poet Tony Schumacher (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 Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807–1887), theologian, professor, and politician Reinhard von Werneck (1757–1842), soldier and director of Munich's Englischer Garten Antonio Čolak (born 1993), Croatian footballer Notable residents Ilse Koch (1906–1967), Nazi war criminal, lived there Horst Köhler (born 1943), former Federal President of Germany, grew up there Hans Scholl (1918–1943), student and resistance fighter, executed by the Nazis Sophie Scholl (1921–1943), student and resistance fighter, executed by the Nazis Friedrich Silcher (1789–1860), composer, wrote music there Carl Maria von Weber (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, France (1950) Caerphilly, Wales, United Kingdom (1960) Yevpatoria, Ukraine (1990) St. Charles, United States (1995) Nový Jičín, Czech Republic (1991) References Further reading Andrea Hahn: Ludwigsburg, Stationen einer Stadt, Andreas Hackenberg Verlag, Ludwigsburg 2004, Gernot von Hahn, Friedhelm Horn: Ludwigsburg, Stadt der Schlösser und Gärten, Medien-Verlag Schubert, Stuttgart 1998, Bruno Hahnemann: Ludwigsburg. Stadt – Schlösser – Blühendes Barock, Verlag Ungeheuer + Ulmer, Ludwigsburg 1979 on the sidelines, Frederick Forsyth: The Odessa File () Annette Weinke, Eine Gesellschaft ermittelt gegen sich selbst. Die Geschichte der Zentralen Stelle Ludwigsburg 1958–2008 (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2008). Hans H. Pöschko (Hg.), Die Ermittler von Ludwigsburg. Deutschland und die Aufklärung nationalsozialistischer Verbrechen (Berlin: Metropol 2008). Tobias Herrmann / Gisela Müller, Mitteilungen aus dem Bundesarchiv. Themenheft 2008: Die Außenstelle Ludwigsburg (Koblenz: Bundesarchiv 2008). External links Official website of the City of Ludwigsburg Tourism Information about Ludwigsburg Other educational institutions Carl-Schaefer-Schule Elly-Heuss-Knapp Realschule Eugen-Bolz Hauptschule Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium Goethe-Gymnasium Gottlieb-Daimler Realschule