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Marburg
Marburg: the castle, upper town, and St Elizabeth's church
Marburg: the castle, upper town, and St Elizabeth's church
Coat of arms of Marburg
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State Hesse
District Marburg-Biedenkopf
Elevation
173-412 m (−1,178.7 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)
 • Total 77,129
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
35001-35043
Dialling codes 06421
Vehicle registration MR
Website Stadt Marburg

Marburg is a city in Hesse, Germany, on the Lahn river. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf Rural District. It has about 80,000 inhabitants and a small, but well-known university.

  • MR-Schloss-Stadt-Landschaft

    Marburg with its castle

  • Spiegelslustturm

    A special tower near Marburg

  • Rathaus Marburg 02

    The town hall in Marburg

  • 2005-08 Marburg - SW03

    The Neustadt in the centre of Marburg

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  • Elisabethkirche Marburg

    St. Elizabeth Church

  • Marburg Braun-Hogenberg

    Marburg from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg's atlas Civitates orbis terrarum, 1572

  • Marburg an der Lahn

    Marburg on the Lahn

  • Marburg 30

    The Wettergasse in the Old City

  • Town hall Marburg and market place fountain in fog-night 2016-01-25

    Town hall and market place with fountain (January 2016)

  • Karl Gustav Adolf Knies

    Karl Knies

  • Adolf Fick

    Adolf Fick

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