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Marburg

Western Europe

Marburg is a university town in the German state of Hesse and the seat of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district. The town spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has about 76,000 inhabitants. It received town privileges in 1222 and served as the capital of the landgraviate of Hessen-Marburg during parts of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. The University of Marburg, founded in 1527, dominates public life and is the oldest existing Protestant-founded university in the world. Marburg is also a historic centre of the German pharmaceutical industry, and a plant operated there by BioNTech produces vaccines against COVID-19.

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Population
76,000 1
Founding Year
1222 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
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Source Marburg University (Wikipedia)Lead
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Marburg University (German: Philipps-Universität Marburg) is a public research university located in Marburg, Germany.
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1. Marburg (Wikipedia)
  • Lead [population]
    has a population of approximately 76,000
  • Lead, town privileges
    Having been awarded town privileges in 1222
  • On Continent: Europe, Lead
    is a university town in the German state (Land) of Hesse
  • Part Of: Germany, Lead
    is a university town in the German state (Land) of Hesse
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Lead
    is a university town in the German state (Land) of Hesse and the capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (Landkreis)
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2. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Marburg coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevation
Quote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 234.0 ]
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3. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, europe zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Europe/Berlin; DE has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Quote, Zone Europe/Berlin; DE has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Europe/Berlin 0:53:28 - LMT 1893 Apr ... 1:00 Germany CE%sT 1980 1:00 EU CE%sT
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