Swabia

Swabia (German: Schwaben) is both a historic and linguistic (see Swabian German) region in Germany. Swabia consists largely of the present-day state of Baden-Württemberg, as well as the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia. In the Middle Ages, Vorarlberg, the modern principality of Liechtenstein and most of modern Switzerland and Alsace (nowadays belonging to France) were also considered to be a part of Swabia.

Famous Swabians

Historical

• Georg Faust (protagonist of tales and dramas)
• Johannes Kepler (astronomer and mathematician)
• Friedrich Schiller (famous historian and writer, "Willhelm Tell","Die Räuber", "Maria Stuart")
• Friedrich Hölderlin (poet)
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (philosopher)
• Justinus Kerner (poet)
• Ludwig Uhland (poet)
• Eduard Mörike (poet)
• Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (writer)
• Gottlieb Daimler (developer of the first modern car, founder of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, today: Daimler-Chrysler)
• Robert Bosch (inventor, industrialist and philanthropist)

Modern Era

• Theodor Heuss (former German president)
• Richard von Weizsäcker (former German president)
• Kurt Georg Kiesinger (former German chancellor)
• Sophie Scholl (member of the White Rose resistance against the Nazis)
• Georg Elser (member of the resistance against the Nazis)
• Claus von Stauffenberg (Leader of the July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler)
• Erwin Rommel (World War II general)
• Roland Emmerich (Hollywood director)
• Harald Schmidt (late-night talk show host)
• Jürgen Klinsmann (football (soccer) player and current coach of the German national team)
• Albert Einstein (physicist)
• Hermann Hesse (poet)