Marbach, Marburg

Borough of Marburg in Hesse, Germany

Marbach

Borough of Marburg

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District Marbach of the city Marburg

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Coordinates: 50°49′8″N 8°44′47″E﻿ / ﻿50.81889°N 8.74639°E﻿ / 50.81889; 8.74639
Country| Germany
State| Hesse
District| Marburg-Biedenkopf
Town| Marburg
Area

• Total| 4.04 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Elevation

| 276 m (906 ft)
Population

(2019-12-31)[1]

• Total| 3,354
• Density| 830/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes|

35041

Dialling codes| 06421
Website| www.marburg.de

Marbach is a borough (Ortsbezirk) of Marburg in Hesse.[2] Marbach has a current population of approx. 3,400 inhabitants.

## History[edit]

Marbach was mentioned in 1272 with the name Marpah. Also it was noticed in the register of the city of Marburg in 1374, where Marbach was a small village of the Landgraves of Thuringia, beside the other districts Ockershausen, Wehrda and Cappel.[3]

## Notable people[edit]

* Heinrich Freudenstein [de] (1 February 1863 in Maden – 15 February 1935), beekeeper, former mayor of Marbach (1919–1934), and builder of the elementary school

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Haushaltssatzung und Haushaltsplan 2021". Stadt Marburg. p. 7. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
2. ^ Hauptsatzung der Universitätsstadt Marburg, § 3, 27 November 2021.
3. ^ Dettmering, Erhart: Kleine Marburger Stadtgeschichte. Pustet, Regensburg 2007

## Further reading[edit]

in German:

* Marbuch. 7\. Auflage. Marbuch, Marburg 2003, ISBN 3-9806487-1-0 (umfassend, mit Stadtplan).
* Dettmering, Erhart: Kleine Marburger Stadtgeschichte. Pustet, Regensburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7917-2086-9.

## External links[edit]

* Information about Marbach at www.marburg.de (in German)
* Media related to Marbach at Wikimedia Commons

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Boroughs of Marburg

* Altstadt
* Bauerbach
* Bortshausen
* Campusviertel
* Cappel
* Cyriaxweimar
* Dagobertshausen
* Dilschhausen
* Elnhausen
* Ginseldorf
* Gisselberg
* Haddamshausen
* Hermershausen
* Marbach
* Michelbach
* Moischt
* Ockershausen
* Richtsberg
* Ronhausen
* Schröck
* Südviertel
* Waldtal
* Wehrda
* Wehrshausen
* Weidenhausen

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