Marburg (DE)
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Marburg is a university town (74,675 inhabitants end 2016) in the German federal state of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (Landkreis). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn.
Having been awarded town privileges in 1222, Marburg served as capital of the landgraviate of Hessen-Marburg during periods of the 15th to 17th centuries. The University of Marburg was founded in 1527 and dominates the public life in the town to this day.
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Since 1 January 1868.
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MARBURG Kreis used a postal code 39, District of Oberhessen. Gr