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Marburg

Marburg is a university town on the Lahn river in Hesse, Germany. It grew around a castle of the landgraves of Thuringia and later of Hesse, and the Church of St Elizabeth, built over the tomb of Elizabeth of Hungary, made it a pilgrimage centre. Philip I of Hesse founded its university in 1527, and from 1567 to 1604 it was the seat of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Marburg.

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Landgraviate of HessePalatinate-VeldenzLandgraviate of Hesse-MarburgLandgraviate of Hesse-DarmstadtLandgraviate of Hesse-KasselLandgraviate of Hesse-Rheinfels

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Marburg. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/marburg
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