Marburg-Biedenkopf

Marburg-Biedenkopf
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Adm. region	Gießen
Capital	Marburg
Government
• District admin.	Jens Womelsdorf (SPD)
Area
• Total	1,262.55 km2 (487.47 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)[1]
• Total	249,684
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	MR, BID
Website	marburg-biedenkopf.de

Marburg-Biedenkopf is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Waldeck-Frankenberg, Schwalm-Eder, Vogelsbergkreis, Gießen, Lahn-Dill, Siegen-Wittgenstein.

The district was created in 1974 when the districts Marburg, Biedenkopf and the former urban district of Marburg were merged.

The district has partnerships with Huntingdonshire in the United Kingdom, the borough of Charlottenburg in Berlin, and the district of Kościerzyna in Poland.

The main river in the district is the Lahn.

The coat of arms shows the lion of Hesse, as Marburg was the seat of the landgraves of Hesse, and also their tomb is located in a church in Marburg. The coat held by the lion shows the black cross of the Counts of the Teutonic Knights, who had a castle in Marburg as well.

Media related to Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in German)
• Tourism in Marburg-Biedenkopf (in German)

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