Marburg Attractions

High above Marburg's old town rears the Schloss (287 m/942ft), in the 15th and 16th centuries a seat of the Margraves of Hesse and in 1529 the scene of the Colloquy of Marburg between Martin Luther and Zwingli. In the Schloss is the University Museum of Cultural History. The Schloss has a magnificent Knights' Hall (c. 1300), and a chapel (13th C.). There is an interesting conducted tour of the casemates (Saturdays only).

Nearby, at Landgraf-Philipp-Strasse 4, is the University Museum of Religion.

To the south of St Elizabeth's Church in Marburg is a group of University clinics, adjoining which is the Old Botanic Garden. Farther southeast, in the Ernst-von-Hülsen-Haus in Biegenstrasse and beyond the Mühlgraben, is the University Museum of Art.

A short distance away, charmingly situated above the Lahn at the foot of the Sclossberg, is the neo-Gothic building (1874-91) occupied by the university (founded 1527), with the 14th C. University Church.

The International Folklore Festival in Marburg-Biedenkopf takes place every other year in July and combines folk singing, dancing and music.

On Marburg's Deutschhausplatz, in an old granary, is the Mineralogical Museum.

A little way up the Schlossberg from the University lies Marburg's Markt, with the Town Hall (1525; on the staircase tower a clock with mechanical figures). To the north of the Town Hall, half way up the Schlossberg, is the Lutheran Church (1297). From the Kirchhof there is a fine view of the old town.

A little way west, at Kugelgasse 10, can be found an ethnographic museum.