Named for a region in southwestern Germany that includes both parts of the Schwarzwald, the Schwäb ische Alb and the Alpenvorland. Both Johannes Kepler and Albert Einstein {see, respectively, planets  (1134) and  (2001)} were born in this region of Baden-Württemberg, as were the poets Martin Wieland, Friedrich Schiller, Friedrich Hölderlin and Eduard Mörike {see, respectively, planets  (8108),  (3079),  (9189) and  (9204)}. The major towns in Württemberg include Stuttgart, Tübingen, Ulm and Heilbronn. (M 24123; M 25351) _ _.