Marburg
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Summary
Marburg is a district capital[1]. Marburg ranks in the top 7% of district capital entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,122 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Bund der Lutherstädte[3], Climate Alliance[4], Mayors for Peace[5], Hessischer Städtetag[6]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Marburg-Biedenkopf[7]
- Country: Germany[8]
- Located in or next to body of water: Lahn[9]
- Head of government: Thomas Spies[10]
- Instance of: college town[11], Lutherstadt[12], city with special status[13], urban municipality in Germany[14]
- Shares border with: Cölbe[15], Kirchhain[16], Ebsdorfergrund[17], Weimar[18], Gladenbach[19], Dautphetal[20], Lahntal[21]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Michelbach[22], Dagobertshausen[23], Wehrshausen[24], Elnhausen[25], Haddamshausen[26], Cyriaxweimar[27], Marbach[28], Dilschhausen[29], Hermershausen[30], Wehrda[31], Cappel[32], Gisselberg[33], Ronhausen[34], Bortshausen[35]
- Twinned administrative body: Sibiu[36], Sfax[37], Poitiers[38], Maribor[39], Eisenach[40], Northampton[41]
- Postal code: 35037[42], 35039[43], 35041[44], 35043[45]
- Commons category: Marburg, Germany[46]
- Licence plate code: MR[47]
- Local dialing code: 06421[48], 06420[49], 06424[50]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Marburg[51]
- Inception: 1140[52]
- Coordinate location: 50.816666666667, 8.7666666666667[53]
- Official website: https://www.marburg.de/[54]
- Topic's main category: Category:Marburg[55]
- Commons gallery: Marburg[56]
- Described at URL: https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/gsrec/current/2/sn/ol?q=Marburg[57]
- Population: 73,150[58], 73,836[59], 76,226[60]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Marburg include Marburg virus disease[61], an infectious disease[62]; Marburg-Biedenkopf[63], a rural district of Hesse[64], in Germany[65], founded in 1974[66]; Marburgvirus[67], a taxon[68]; and Marburg marburgvirus[69], a taxon[70].
Why It Matters
Marburg has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[71] Marburg is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[72]
Entities named for Marburg include Marburg virus disease[61], an infectious disease[62]; Marburg-Biedenkopf[63], a rural district of Hesse[64], in Germany[65], founded in 1974[66]; Marburgvirus[67], a taxon[68]; and Marburg marburgvirus[69], a taxon[70].