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67-632: Whilst the Main-Weser railway had linked Wetterau , a town in the western part of the province of Upper Hesse, to the new mode of transport as early as 1850–1852, much of the area, around the Vogelsberg , remained without any railway connexions for years. Not until 1868/69 was the Upper Hessian Railway Company founded with assistance from the Frankfurt banking house, Erlanger & Söhne, and with

134-556: A low-floor RegioCitadis (class 452). The S6 S-Bahn section south of Friedberg is operated by class 423 S-Bahn sets. The ICE line 26 trains consist of ICE T sets. Occasionally, during construction or breakdowns on the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway , Intercity-Express services are also diverted between Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof and Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe , which as a result do not stop in Fulda and Hanau. Freight traffic

201-645: A change to U-Bahn line U1 and U9 . It does not yet have planning approval. This was the location of the operating point of Ginnheim, consisting of an overtaking loop towards Kassel from km 194.0 to 193.2, which was abandoned for the construction of the tracks for the S-Bahn. It was the location of a temporary stop for visitors to the Federal Garden Show in 1989, which became the site of Nidda Park. Marburg Marburg ( German pronunciation: [ˈmaːɐ̯bʊʁk] or [ˈmaʁbʊʁk] )

268-623: A hospital city, and because of a lack of important industrial sites, there was not much damage from bombings except along the railroad tracks. In May 1945, the Monuments men officer Walker Hancock set up the first so-called Central Collecting Point in the Marburg State Archives. But since the capacity of the archive building was not sufficient to store the many objects and since other collecting points, for example in Munich , had been set up in

335-547: A length of 5.7 kilometres (3.5 mi) and relocated at a cost of DM 24.0 million. Operations on two tracks were maintained throughout. Operation Steel Box also took place on the line in September 1990. Services of Intercity-Express line 26 run on the Main–Weser Railway from Ostseebad Binz or Hamburg-Altona via Kassel and Frankfurt to Karlsruhe at two-hour intervals. Services on EuroCity line 62 also ran on

402-596: A line (the route of the Frederick William Northern Railway and the Frankfurt–Bebra railway ) because of its mountainous route, particularly at the watershed between the Fulda and Kinzig valleys at Distelrasen, where a tunnel was only completed in 1914. Instead, beginning in 1841, negotiations commenced with some other states and was interrupted several times. On 5 April 1845, a treaty was signed between

469-617: A link line of 70 km length along the western perimeter of the Vogelsberg to the Kinzig Valley Railway , was completed on 30 November 1870. The 106 km long link from Giessen to Fulda ran through the northern foothills of the Vogelsberg, the first section of which was opened to traffic as far as Grünberg on 29 December 1869. But further construction on the railway was delayed by the Franco-Prussian War so that Alsfeld

536-618: A more natural condition. The citizens' initiative 2statt4 was formed by some residents of Eschersheim and Ginnheim to oppose the whole upgrade through the courts. However, the approval of the work was already in effect in the Bad Vilbel area, so that the municipality of Bad Vilbel was able to proceed with a planned new underpass under the platforms. In November 2011, the Hessian Administrative Court ( Hessische Verwaltungsgerichtshof , VGH) dismissed complaints from residents and

603-601: A relatively intact Gothic town, simply because there was no money spent on any new architecture or expansion. When Romanticism became the dominant cultural and artistic paradigm in Germany, Marburg became a centre of activities once again, and many of the leaders of the movement lived, taught, or studied in Marburg. They formed a circle of friends that was of great importance, especially in literature , philology , folklore , and law . The group included Friedrich Carl von Savigny ,

670-582: A station would be built. The cost of the project was stated to be €323 million. The upgrade was originally planned to be completed in December 2022, but it was opened more than a year later in February 2024. During the construction of the S-Bahn line along the Main–Weser railway a new Frankfurt-Ginnheim station is to be built between Frankfurt West and Frankfurt-Eschersheim for the S-Bahn, which would allow

737-426: Is twinned with: Marburg's coat of arms shows a Hessian landgrave riding a white horse with a flag and a shield on a red background. The shield shows the red-and-white-striped Hessian lion, also to be seen on Hessen's state arms, and the flag shows a stylized M, blue on gold (or yellow). The arms are also the source of the city flag's colors. The flag has three horizontal stripes colored, from top to bottom, red (from

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804-551: Is a university town in the German federal state ( Bundesland ) of Hesse , capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district ( Landkreis ). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximately 76,000. 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

871-682: Is also an S-Bahn service between Friedberg and Frankfurt South station via the City-Tunnel . The Treysa–Kassel section was operated until December 2015 as part of Kassel RegioTram and was designated as line RT 9 . The weekend RegioTram services were, however, replaced by Regionalbahn services on at the end of May 2007, and services on working days were also later replaced as well. Since 14 December 2014, two of three services have been operated on weekdays by Kurhessenbahn (a Deutsche Bahn brand) using class 628 diesel multiple unit sets. FLIRT multiple units operated by Hessische Landesbahn replaced

938-530: Is also operated in the form of end-to-end trains by various railway companies. The trains that connect Glauburg-Stockheim and Nidderau with Frankfurt over the Nidda Valley Railway , as well as Nidda to Frankfurt via Friedberg, are hauled by TRAXX (class 245) diesel locomotives in the peak hour, otherwise Desiro (class 642) railcars are used. Class 628 diesel railcars are found between Cölbe and Marburg, sometimes also running to Gießen, which serve

1005-559: Is also served by Regionalbahn services operated by DB Regio between Marburg and Gießen as well as between Gießen and Hanau via Friedberg. Since December 2006, Mittelhessen-Express services are formed in Gießen from two coupled Regionalbahn trains coming from Treysa and Dillenburg and then together run to Frankfurt at a higher speed. In the opposite direction, the uncoupling of the sets also takes place in Gießen, with both trains then continuing as Regionalbahn trains to Treysa or Dillenburg. There

1072-450: Is divided into the following 25 boroughs ( Ortsbezirke ): As a larger mid-sized city, Marburg, like six other such cities in Hessen, has a special status as compared to the other municipalities in the district. This means that the city takes on tasks more usually performed by the district so that in many ways it is comparable to an urban district ( kreisfreie Stadt ). Before 1974, the city

1139-415: Is named after the railway company that built the line and also operated it until 1880. It was opened between 1849 and 1852 and was one of the first railways in Germany . Based on today's kilometre markers the line is 199.8 km (124.1 mi) long between its termini. It is double-tracked and electrified. Its maximum speed limit is 160 km/h (99.4 mph), but this is only achievable in places on

1206-525: Is one of the smaller "university towns" in Germany. These include Greifswald , Erlangen , Jena , and Tübingen , as well as the city of Gießen , which is located 30 km south of Marburg. In 1529, Philipp I of Hesse arranged the Marburg Colloquy , to propitiate Martin Luther and Huldrych Zwingli . Owing to its neglect during the entire 18th century, Marburg – like Rye or Chartres – survived as

1273-621: Is operated alternatively by DB Regio as line 30 and by the Hessische Landesbahn (HLB) as line 98, but the latter service does not always go through to Kassel and has more intermediate stops. The Main-Sieg-Express is exclusively operated by the Hessischen Landesbahn as line 99 operated and runs on the Frankfurt-Gießen section at two-hour intervals, mostly in coupled-sets, together with line 98, with trains dividing in Gießen. It

1340-655: The Kreuztal–Cölbe railway to Erndtebrück and the Warburg–Sarnau railway to Frankenberg (Eder) . Most trains on the Edersee Railway ( Ederseebahn , Bad Wildungen –Wabern) continue over the Main–Weser Railway to Kassel Hbf. It is planned in the medium term to build a new Regionalbahn halt called Marburg Mitte in the vicinity of the University of Marburg 's multi-storey buildings. This has been planned for decades and

1407-652: The American occupation zone in the meantime, the Marburg facility was closed after more than a year in favor of the Wiesbaden Collecting Point. With the relocation of the sarcophagus of Field Marshal and President Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934) to the Elisabethkirche in August 1946 the project ended. Post-war developments included a population growth first due to war refugees, then to increasing significance of

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1474-557: The Free City of Frankfurt , the Grand Duchy of Hesse -Darmstadt and the Electorate of Hesse-Kassel, establishing a joint state railway company, known as a condominium railway ( Kondominalbahn ). This established the legal basis for the line via Marburg , Gießen , and Friedberg through easier terrain to the originally preferred route, but which crossed national boundaries several times. In

1541-552: The Grand Duchy of Hesse whereby the state became the owner of the railway from 1 January 1876. The state set up a railway division for the Upper Hessian Railways in the provincial capital of Giessen. This formed the cornerstone for the subsequent Grand Duchy of Hesse State Railways . Main-Weser railway The Main–Weser Railway (German: Main-Weser-Bahn ) is a railway line in central Germany that runs from Frankfurt am Main via Gießen to Kassel . it

1608-514: The Landgraves of Thuringia , residing on the Wartburg above Eisenach . In 1228, the widowed princess-landgravine of Thuringia, Elizabeth of Hungary , chose Marburg as her dowager seat, as she did not get along well with her brother-in-law, the new landgrave. The countess dedicated her life to the sick and would become after her early death in 1231, aged 24, one of the most prominent female saints of

1675-603: The Marburg virus , because this disease , a viral hemorrhagic fever resembling ebola , was first recognized and described during an outbreak in the city. In 1967, workers were accidentally exposed to infected green monkey tissue at the city's former industrial plant, the Behring-Werke, then part of Hoechst and today of CSL Behring , founded by Marburg citizen and first Nobel Prize in Medicine winner, Emil Adolf von Behring . During

1742-658: The North Sea to the Alps and on to Italy , the former crossing the river Lahn here. A first mention of the settlement dates from 822 in the Reinhardsbrunner Chronik . The settlement was protected and customs were raised by a small castle built during the ninth or tenth century by the Giso. Marburg has been a town since 1140, as proven by coins. From the Gisos, it fell around that time to

1809-565: The Pirate Party (1 seat). [1] Among the left wing groups are ATTAC , the Worldshop movement, an autonomist - anarchist scene, and a few groups engaged in ecological or human-rights concerns. The city of Marburg, similar to the cities of Heidelberg , Tübingen and Göttingen , has a rich history of student fraternities or Verbindungen of various sorts, including Corps, Landsmannschaften, Burschenschaften, Turnierschaften, etc. Marburg

1876-753: The Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main Transport Association) and the Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westphalen-Lippe (municipal association for local transport of Westphalia-Lippe). Newly procured three and five-part Stadler Flirt railcars are used. These partly replaced Deutsche Bahn's double-deck push-pull trains and rebuilt Silberling carriages. The trains are usually uncoupled in Gießen with portions continuing to Marburg and Siegen. The RegioTram service that ran between Kassel and Treysa until December 2015 consisted of

1943-502: The Thirty Years' War (1618–48), when it was fought over by Hessen-Darmstadt and Hesse-Kassel . The Hessian territory around Marburg lost more than two-thirds of its population, which was more than in any later wars (including World War I and World War II ) combined. Marburg is the seat of the oldest existing Protestant -founded university in the world, the University of Marburg (Philipps-Universität-Marburg), founded in 1527. It

2010-563: The Thuringian Railway . Express trains continued to run from Frankfurt to Berlin via Kassel until the end of World War II . In the following years of the American occupation trains also ran on this route. In 1878/79 the Treysa – Lollar section of the line was incorporated into the strategic railway known as the Kanonenbahn ("Cannons Railway") built between Berlin and Metz . During

2077-489: The University of Marburg into the regional academic centre. Thus, Marburg's rise as an administrative and university city began. As the Prussian university system was one of the best in the world at the time, Marburg attracted many respected scholars. However, there was hardly any industry to speak of, so students, professors, and civil servants – who generally had enough but not much money and paid very little in taxes – dominated

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2144-505: The 1960s, the first section of the line was electrified between Frankfurt and Giessen; electrification of the line was completed on 20 March 1967. The line was moved in the Kassel area in the second half of the 1980s in preparation for the construction of the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway . Construction began in July 1985. 420,000 square metres (500,000 sq yd) of soil was excavated over

2211-594: The 59-seat city parliament is held by a coalition of Green party (15 seats), SPD (14 seats) and Klimaliste (4 seats) members. Also represented are the factions of the Christian Democratic Union (13 seats), The Left (7 seats), the Free Democratic Party (2 seats), a CDU splinter group MBL ( Marburger Bürgerliste – 2 seats), the BfM ( Bürger für Marburg – 2 seats), Alternative für Deutschland (1 seat), and

2278-520: The Alps outside France, is an archetype of Gothic architecture in Germany. Much of the physical attractiveness of Marburg is due to Hanno Drechsler who was Lord Mayor between 1970 and 1992. He promoted urban renewal, the restoration of the Oberstadt (uptown), and he established one of the first pedestrian zones in Germany. Marburg's Altstadtsanierung (since 1972) has received many awards and prizes. Parks in

2345-507: The Free City of Frankfurt. Their shares were subsequently transferred to Prussia. In 1880, Prussia also acquired the Grand Duchy of Hesse's shares in the company. Until the completion of the Frankfurt–Bebra line in 1866, all express trains between Frankfurt and Berlin ran on the Main–Weser Railway. These trains ran on to the Frederick William Northern Railway at Guntershausen to connect with

2412-516: The Gießen ;– Frankfurt section from December 2009 to December 2011. Until 2014 there were services that ran over the line to Konstanz, but these were cancelled at the timetable change at the end of 2014. There was also a direct connection to Berlin Südkreuz until the end of 2015, which was the first Intercity service on the line from Monday to Saturday. Since then, this IC service runs to Hamburg like

2479-479: The RegioTrams on line RT 9 at the 2015/2016 timetable change on 13 December 2015. Numerous trains that branch off on branch lines at Bad Vilbel, Friedberg, Gießen, Cölbe, and Wabern also run for a while on the mainline. Many freight trains also run on the line, including numerous container trains or trains carrying new agricultural machinery (such as tractors and combine harvesters). Military trains also regularly use

2546-403: The background), white (from the horse) and blue (from the shield). The coat of arms, which was designed in the late nineteenth century, is based on a landgrave seal on a municipal document. It is an example of a very prevalent practice of replacing forgotten coats of arms, or ones deemed not to be representative enough, with motifs taken from seals. The city's name is connected to a filovirus ,

2613-400: The chainage (kilometre markings) on route 3900 ( Main-Weser-Bahn ) is measured from Kassel in the north–south direction, the chainage on the new line for the S-Bahn will be measured from Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof in the south–north direction. The planning approval process for the development of the first section from Frankfurt West to Bad Vilbel (with a planned construction period of four years)

2680-549: The citizens' initiative 2statt4 against the planning approval decision and an appeal was not permitted. Previously, Deutsche Bahn had promised improvements. The citizens' initiative Bahnane and a private claimant subsequently appealed against the VGH judgment. In various judgments, the Federal Administrative Court dismissed the appeals at the end of January 2013, with the final construction rights now being granted for

2747-496: The era. She was canonized in 1235. In 1264, St Elizabeth's daughter Sophie of Brabant , succeeded in winning the Landgraviate of Hessen , hitherto connected to Thuringia , for her son Henry . Marburg (alongside Kassel ) was one of the capitals of Hessen from that time until about 1540. Following the first division of the landgraviate, it was the capital of Hessen-Marburg from 1485 to 1500 and again between 1567 and 1605. Hessen

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2814-620: The fairy tale editions are by the painter Otto Ubbelohde , who also lived in and near Marburg. The original building inspiring his drawing Rapunzel 's Tower stands in Amönau near Marburg. Across the Lahn hills, in the area called Schwalm, the costumes of little girls included a red hood. In the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, the Prince-elector of Hessen had backed Austria . Prussia won and took

2881-472: The financial support of the state of Hesse. It contracted a Belgian company to build routes from the railway hub of Giessen to Gelnhausen ( Lahn–Kinzig Railway ) and Fulda ( Vogelsberg Railway ). On 29 December 1869 services were opened from Giessen to Hungen , on 29 June 1870 to Nidda and on 30 October 1870 to Büdingen . The entire route of the Lahn-Kinzig Railway to Gelnhausen, that comprised

2948-443: The first phase of construction. The citizens' initiatives 2statt4 and Bahnane keep trying to prevent the construction of the second stage between Bad Vilbel and Friedberg and to have funding withdrawn for the first stage of construction. In May 2015, Deutsche Bahn announced that construction would start in the second half of 2017. In addition to the construction of 12.6 kilometres of new tracks, 5 stations would be rebuilt and

3015-555: The line. Talent 2 electric multiple units are used for the hourly Mittelhessen-Express between Frankfurt and Treysa, which are operated by DB Regio Mitte. Talent-2 sets have run since March 2013 on the through Gießen–Friedberg– Hanau Regionalbahn service, which has operated since December 2012. These sets replaced Silberling carriages hauled by class 143 locomotives or GTW 2/6 sets operated by Hessische Landesbahn. Class 143 locomotives occasionally haul modernised Silberling carriages between Gießen and Marburg, Kirchhain and Treysa in

3082-533: The most important jurist of his day and father of the Roman Law adaptation in Germany, as well as the poets, writers, and social activists Achim von Arnim , Clemens Brentano , and especially Bettina von Arnim , Clemens Brentano's sister, who became Achim von Arnim's wife. Most famous internationally, however, were the Brothers Grimm , who collected many of their fairy tales here. The best-known illustrations for

3149-488: The northern and the southern sections of the line. The second track was added in 1865—following twelve years of negotiations. The cooperation of the participating countries had not improved despite rapidly developing rail services. The second track significantly eased the transport of Prussian troops in the War of 1866 , a war which led to the annexation by Prussia of two of the states involved in Main–Weser Railway, Hesse-Kassel and

3216-514: The opportunity to invade and annex the Electorate of Hessen (as well as Hanover , the city of Frankfurt , and other territories) north of the Main River. However, the pro-Austrian Hesse-Darmstadt remained independent. For Marburg, this turn of events was very positive, because Prussia decided to make Marburg its main administrative centre in this part of the new province Hessen-Nassau and to turn

3283-493: The others. Even earlier there were direct long-distance services from Frankfurt via Gießen and Siegen to Hagen Hauptbahnhof and beyond to Münster and Norddeich Mole . One train even went to Copenhagen . Regional-Express services run between Frankfurt and Kassel ( Main-Weser-Express ) and between Frankfurt and Siegen ( Main-Sieg-Express ). The latter leaves the line in Gießen, where they have to reverse to continue towards Siegen. The Main-Weser-Express runs hourly and

3350-677: The outbreak, 31 people became infected and seven of them died. The virus is named after the city following the custom of naming viruses after the location of their first recorded outbreak. Many homes have solar panels and in 2008 a law was passed to make the installation of solar systems on new buildings or as part of renovation projects mandatory. 20 percent of heating system requirements ought to have been covered by solar energy in new buildings. Anyone who fails to install solar panels would have been fined €1,000. The new law, approved on 20 June 2008, should have taken effect in October 2008, however, this law

3417-460: The peak hours. The DB Regional-Express services between Frankfurt and Kassel are almost exclusively operated as double-deck push-pull trains, hauled by Bombardier TRAXX (class 146) locomotives. At the 2010/2011 timetable change, Hessische Landesbahn (HLB) took over the operation of some services between Frankfurt am Main, Marburg and Siegen, branded as the Main-Sieg-Express , on behalf of

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3484-502: The pharmaceutical industry based in Marburg, and an increase in staff and students for the university. The historic town was in danger of thorough decay, but was renovated from 1972. The university now has about 21 000 students (2023). Marburg lies on the river Lahn , 25 km north of Gießen . The federal road Bundesstraße 3 connects it with Gießen and Kassel . It is served by Marburg (Lahn) station (long-distance and local trains) and Marburg Süd station (local trains). The city

3551-495: The southern part of the line. The Main–Weser Railway is one of the most important conventionally operated German railways. The idea of building the Main–Weser Railway began in 1838 as a link between Kassel and the Rhine-Main area running exclusively through the territory of Hesse-Kassel (Kurhessen) and connecting the major cities of the electorate from Kassel to Hanau via Fulda . At that time it proved impracticable to build such

3618-468: The southern sector, the route ran after its exit from the Main–Weser station in Frankfurt approximately parallel with the Taunusstrasse  [ de ] (English: Taunus Street ) (at that time, only partly built), along the current streets of Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage and Hamburger Allee to the then Kurhessen town of Bockenheim , now the site of Frankfurt (Main) West station . It then ran again through

3685-603: The territory of Frankfurt in Hausen , through Kurhessen in Eschersheim , and through Frankfurt territory in Bonames . The line then went through the Grand Duchy of Hesse town of Boden bis Friedberg, then a piece of Frankfurt-owned territory in Dortelweil . Bad Nauheim was a Kurhessen enclave within the Grand Duchy of Hesse exclave of Oberhessen through which the line ran to Gießen. Under

3752-402: The town include the Old Botanical Garden , as well as the new Botanical Garden outside the town proper. The Marktplatz is the heart of Marburg's old town. In the center is a fountain dedicated to St Georg, a popular meeting place for the youths. To the south is the old town hall and the path running north leads to the palace overlooking the town. The University of Marburg , founded in 1527,

3819-429: The town. Franz von Papen , vice-chancellor of Germany in 1934, delivered an anti-Nazi speech at the University of Marburg on 17 June. From 1942 to 1945, the whole city of Marburg was turned into a hospital, with schools and government buildings turned into wards to augment the existing hospitals. By the spring of 1945, there were over 20,000 patients – mostly wounded German soldiers. As a result of its designation as

3886-400: The track in this area are to be rebuilt as four tracks during the next few years in two stages, after which two separate tracks will be available for the S-Bahn. The line speed will be raised to 140 km/h on both the S-Bahn and the long-distance tracks. The two tracks for the S-Bahn are arranged east or south of the tracks of route 3900 and will be given the new route number of 3684. While

3953-471: The treaty, each of the participating governments was responsible for the purchase of land on their territory. Financing the construction of the line proved to be more difficult. Construction occurred during the turmoil of the revolutions of 1848 and a financial crisis in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Work began on 6 August 1846 in Kurhessen territory. Here the Belgian engineer Frans Splingard and his colleague Edmund Hacault were in charge. In Frankfurt construction

4020-409: Was a district-free city. The mayor of Marburg , Thomas Spies, in office since December 2015, and his predecessor Egon Vaupel (directly elected in January 2005), are members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany . His deputy, the head of the building and youth departments, Nadine Bernshausen, is from Alliance '90/The Greens . Following the city parliament elections of March 2021, the majority in

4087-420: Was completed on 13 May 2004, but not implemented. It was later amended by a planning change under section 76 subsection 1 of the Administrative Procedure Act ( Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz ). This was publicly announced in July 2009. As a result, the track would be largely equipped with two to six metre-high noise barriers , as a compensatory measure, and an old arm of the Nidda would be restored to

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4154-427: Was considered in the timetable concept for the Mittelhessen-Express . A start of construction has not yet been announced. A halt at Gießen-Nord to the north of Oswaldsgarten station is also considered as part of the Mittelhessen S-Bahn concept. Between Frankfurt West and Friedberg, S-Bahn, Regional, and long-distance services and freight traffic share the two tracks of the Main–Weser railway. To separate operations,

4221-422: Was directed by Remigius Eyssen. The building of station on almost all sections of the line in Kurhessen was directed by Julius Eugen Ruhl, the first Director-General of the Kurhessen railways. The first section between Kassel and Wabern was opened on 29 December 1849. The first continuous rail service from Kassel to Frankfurt ran on 15 May 1852, after the opening of the line between Gießen and Langgöns, connecting

4288-415: Was founded in 1527 and dominates the public life in the town to this day. Marburg is a historic centre of the pharmaceutical industry in Germany, and there is a plant in the town (by BioNTech ) to produce vaccines to tackle Covid-19 . Like many settlements, Marburg developed at the crossroads of two important early medieval highways: the trade route linking Cologne and Prague and the trade route from

4355-421: Was not reached until 29 July 1870, Lauterbach until 30 October 1870 and Bad Salzschlirf by the end of the same year. The remainder of the Vogelsberg Railway was not completed until 31 July 1871. Twenty-eight kilometres of the two routes lay in Prussian territory. The demand for services turned out to be below expectations for both passenger and goods traffic. As a result, the company reached an agreement with

4422-429: Was one of the more powerful second-tier principalities in Germany. Its "old enemy" was the Archbishopric of Mainz , the seat of one of the prince-electors , who competed with Hessen in many wars and conflicts for coveted territory, stretching over several centuries. After 1605, Marburg became just another provincial town, known mostly for the University of Marburg . It became a virtual backwater for two centuries after

4489-415: Was stopped by the Regierungspräsidium Giessen in September 2008. Marburg remains a relatively unspoilt, spire-dominated, castle-crowned Gothic or Renaissance city on a hill partly because it was isolated between 1600 and 1850. Architecturally, it is famous both for its castle Marburger Schloss and its medieval churches. The Elisabethkirche , as one of the two or three first purely Gothic churches north of

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