10 Sights in Marburg, Germany (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Marburg, Germany. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 10 sights are available in Marburg, Germany.

Sightseeing Tours in Marburg

1. Grüner Mühle

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The Grüner Mühle is a watermill formerly used as an oil mill and paper mill on the weir below the Weidenhäuser Bridge in Marburg an der Lahn on the edge of today's Südviertel. In addition to the "Green Gate" at the southern end of the street "Am Grün", the historic waterfront of Marburg with small-scale houses directly on the edge of the Lahn, this was the southern outskirts of the city before the expansion of the city with the southern quarter, which was built from about 1880 onwards.

Wikipedia: Grüner Mühle (DE)

2. Schloss Elnhausen

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Schloss Elnhausen is a baroque palace complex in the Marburg district of Elnhausen in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district of Hesse and is one of the few representative baroque buildings in the district. It is located at an altitude of 225 m above sea level on the northwestern outskirts of the village in a manor area on the trailing slope of the Stöckelsberg/Stackelberg (366 m).

Wikipedia: Schloss Elnhausen (DE)

3. Kilianskapelle

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The former St. Kilian's Chapel was built between 1180 and 1200 in Romanesque style as the market chapel of the parish of St. Martin in Oberweimar. The chapel with the patronage of St. Kilian is thus the oldest surviving building in Marburg's city centre, located on the Schuhmarkt on Reitgasse in Marburg's upper town, not far from the Old University.

Wikipedia: Kilianskapelle (Marburg) (DE)

4. Lutherische Pfarrkirche St. Marien

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The Lutheran Parish Church, also known as St. Mary's Church or City Parish Church, is a Protestant church in the center of the city of Marburg. It serves the Lutheran parish of St. Marien Marburg/Lahn with its catchment area in the southern upper town and the adjacent areas. It is also the deanery church of the Protestant church district of Marburg.

Wikipedia: Lutherische Pfarrkirche St. Marien (Marburg) (DE), Website

5. St. Michael und St. Elisabeth

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The Roman Catholic branch church of St. Michael and St. Elisabeth in the parish of St. Bonifatius Amöneburger Land in the deanery of Marburg-Amöneburg of the Diocese of Fulda, is a listed church building in Schröck, a district of Marburg in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf in Hesse, Germany.

Wikipedia: St. Michael und St. Elisabeth (Schröck) (DE)

6. Wilhelmsbau

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The Marburger Schloss, also known as Landgrafenschloss Marburg, is a castle in Marburg, Hesse, Germany, located on top of Schlossberg. Built in the 11th century as a fort, it became the first residence of Landgraviate of Hesse (HRE). The Marburg Colloquy was held here in 1529.

Wikipedia: Marburger Schloss (EN)

7. Botanischer Garten

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The Botanischer Garten Marburg, also known as the Neuer Botanischer Garten Marburg, is a botanical garden maintained by the University of Marburg, located on Karl-von-Frisch-Straße, Marburg, Hesse, Germany, and open daily. An admission fee is charged.

Wikipedia: Botanischer Garten Marburg (EN), Website

8. elisabeth church

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St. Elizabeth's Church (Elisabethkirche) in Marburg, Germany, was built by the Order of the Teutonic Knights in honour of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. Her tomb made the church an important pilgrimage destination during the late Middle Ages.

Wikipedia: St. Elizabeth's Church, Marburg (EN), Website

9. Martinskirche

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The Protestant St. Martin's Church is a baroque hall church with a Gothic fortified tower in the centre of the old town centre of Wehrda. The Hessian cultural monument is the landmark of the town, which was incorporated into Marburg.

Wikipedia: Evangelische Martinskirche (Wehrda) (DE)

10. Kaiser-Wilhelm-Turm

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The Kaiser-Wilhelm tower is a lookout tower on the Lahnbergen, which is located near Marburg in the Hessian district of Marburg-Biedenkopf. It was built from 1887 to 1890, is 36 m high and has 167 steps inside.

Wikipedia: Spiegelslustturm (DE), Website

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