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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.

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