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The German dramatist and poet Friedrich Schiller lived in this house in Leipzig in 1785 (photo from 1955). This is where he wrote "Ode an die Freude" ("Ode to Happiness"). Schiller was born on 10 November 1759 in Marbach by the River Neckar and died on 9 May 1805 in Weimar. (KEYSTONE/DPA/A0028 Zentralbild) === , === ===