Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Backnang is a town in Germany , in the Bundesland of Baden-W Ã 1\/4 rttemberg , roughly 30 kilometers northeast of Stuttgart .
Simplified: Backnang is a town in Germany , in the Bundesland of Baden-W Ã 1\/4 rttemberg ( formerly the kingdom of WÃ 1\/4 rttemberg ) , 27 k northeast of Stuttgart .