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Marburg (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 49 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.8167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 008 46 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 8.7667 decimal degrees |
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Note: The city of Marburg is situated on the Lahn River in central Germany. First mentioned under this name in 1130, it was a fortress of the landgraves of Thuringia in the 12th century. It later became the seat of the landgraves of Hesse. St. Elizabeth of Hungary spent the last three years of her life in Marburg, and until the Reformation her bones lay in a shrine in St. Elizabeth's Church. Marburg was the site of debates between Martin Luther and other reformers in 1529 over the nature of the Eucharist. The city is known for the Gothic castle of the Hessian landgraves with its famous Rittersaal and chapel, begun in 1277 and completed in 1493. It was also the site of Europe's first Protestant University, founded 1527. Today its economy is driven largely by tourism, plus a few industries such as chemical and precision instrument manufacture. The 2004 estimated population was 77,700. |
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| Marburg (preferred,C,V,German-P,U,N)
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............ | meaning "Frontier Fortress," name first documented in 1130 |
| Marburg an der Lahn (C,V)
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Hesse (state) (P) |
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Marburg (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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town developed in 12th century around an existing castle; reputedly chartered in 1211 |
| city (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| university center (C) |
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for first Protestant university in Europe, founded in 1527 |
| cultural center (C) |
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especially noted for annual performance festival of dramatic classics |
| noble seat (H) |
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of landgraves of Hesse, 13th-17th centuries |
| pilgrimage center (H) |
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for bones of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, who died here in 1231; the bones were moved during the Reformation |
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