Marbach is a borough (''
Ortsbezirk
A ''Stadtbezirk'' (also called ''Ortsbezirk'' in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate) is an administrative division in Germany, which is part of a larger city. It is translated as "borough". In Germany, ''Stadtbezirke'' usually only exist in a metropo ...
'') of
Marburg
Marburg ( or ) 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 approximate ...
in
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
. Marbach has a current population of approx. 3,400 inhabitants.
History
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
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
, beside the other districts
Ockershausen,
Wehrda
Wehrda is a borough (''Ortsbezirk'') of Marburg in Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban ...
and
Cappel.
[Dettmering, Erhart: ''Kleine Marburger Stadtgeschichte.'' Pustet, Regensburg 2007]
Notable people
* (1 February 1863 in
Maden – 15 February 1935), beekeeper, former mayor of Marbach (1919–1934), and builder of the elementary school
References
Further reading
in German:
* ''Marbuch.'' 7. Auflage. Marbuch, Marburg 2003, (umfassend, mit Stadtplan).
* Dettmering, Erhart: ''Kleine Marburger Stadtgeschichte.'' Pustet, Regensburg 2007, .
External links
Information about Marbach at www.marburg.de
*
Districts of Marburg
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