Marburg Syllabification: (Mar·burg)Pronunciation: /ˈmärˌbərg/Definition of Marburg 1a city in the state of Hesse in west central Germany; population 79,400 (est. 2006). It was the scene in 1529 of a debate between German and Swiss theologians, notably Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli, on the doctrine of consubstantiation. 2German name for Maribor.Marburg in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Marburg in the British & World English dictionary