Maulbronn

Maulbronn is a city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Founded in 1838, it emerged from a settlement, built about a monastery, which belonged to the Neckar Community in the Kingdom of W?rttemberg. In 1886, Maulbronn officially became a city and was an administrative center until 1938. The return of many displaced persons following the Second World War significantly raised the city's population.

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Of particular note is the city's monastery, Kloster Maulbronn, which features prominently in Hermann Hesse's novel, Beneath the Wheel. The formerly Cistercian monastery has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.

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Kloster Maulbronn: Kloster Maulbronn (Maulbronn Abbey) is a monastery in Maulbronn, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is a formerly Cistercian monastery and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993....

Hermann Hesse: Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877 ? August 9, 1962) was a German author, and the winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is most famous for his novels Steppenwolf, Das Glasperlenspiel (The Glass Bead Game), and Siddhartha....

Beneath the Wheel: Beneath the Wheel (Unterm Rad) is a novel written by Hermann Hesse. It is also sometimes titled The Prodigy in English....