MARBURG  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient university See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• HESSE
• HESSE (Lat. Hessia, Ger. Hessen)

Hesse-See also:

• NASSAU

Nassau, situated on the slope of a See also:

• BILL

bill on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• LAHN

Lahn, 6o m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail N. of See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort-on-See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

Main, on the main See also:

• LINE

line to See also:

• CASSEL
• CASSEL, or KASSEL

Cassel . Pop . (1905), 20,137 . On the opposite bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river, here spanned by two See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges, See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie the suburb of Weidenhausen and the railway station of the Prussian See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state railway . The See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill on which the town lies is crowned by the extensive old Schloss, a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• BUILDING

building, the most noteworthy parts of which are the Rittersaal, dating from 1277-1312, and the beautiful little See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel . This Schloss was formerly the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the landgraves of Hesse, served afterwards as a See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, and is now the repository of the historically interesting and valuable archives of Hesse . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief architectural See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament of Marburg is, however, the Elisabethenkirche, a veritable See also:

• GEM (Lat. gemma, a bud,—from the root gen, meaning " to produce,"—or precious stone; in the latter sense the Greek term is > d>os)
• GEM, ARTIFICIAL

gem of the purest See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early Gothic See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, erected by the See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

Order in 1235-1283, to contain the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of St See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth of See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary . The remains of the See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint were deposited in a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• SILVER

silver-gilt See also:

• SARCOPHAGUS (Gr. vapsorg yos, literally " flesh-eating," from vapt, flesh, ¢ayeiv, to eat)

sarcophagus, which may still be seen, and were afterwards visited by myriads of pilgrims, until the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant zeal of See also:

• LANDGRAVE (Ger. Landgraf, from Land, " a country" and Graf, "count" )

Landgrave See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip the Generous caused him to remove the See also:

• BODY

body to some unknown spot in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church . The church also contains the tombs of numerous See also:

• HESSIAN

Hessian landgraves and knights of the Teutonic Order . The Lutheran church is another See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good Gothic edifice, dating mainly from the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The town-See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall, built in 1512, and several fine houses in the See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance style, also deserve mention . The university of Marburg, founded by Philip the Magnanimous in 1527, was the first university established without papal privileges, and speedily acquired a See also:

• GREAT

great reputation throughout Protestant See also:

• EUROPE

Europe .

It has a library of 140,000 volumes, is admirably equipped with medical and other institutes, which See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form some of the finest See also:

• MODERN

modern buildings in the town, and was attended, in 1905, by 1576 students . Marburg also possesses a gymnasium, a " Realschule," an agricultural school, a society of naturalists, a See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, and an extensive lunatic See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum . It is the seat of a See also:

• DISTRICT

district See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, and of superintendents of the Lutheran and Reformed Churches . Marburg pottery is renowned; and See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron wares and surgical See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments are also manufactured there . The environs are very picturesque . Marburg is first historically mentioned in a document of the beginning of the 13th century, and received its municipal See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter from the landgrave See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis of Thuringia in 1227 . On his See also:

• DEATH

death it became the residence of his wife, Elizabeth of Hungary, who built a hospital there, and died in 1231, at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty-four, worn out with See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion and charity . She was canonized in 1235 at the instance of the Teutonic Knights, who had settled in Marburg in 1233 and were zealous in promoting her cult . By 1247 Marburg had already become the second town of Hesse, and in the 15th and 16th centuries it alternated with Cassel as the seat of the landgraves . In 1529 the famous See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference between See also:

• LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)

Luther and See also:

• ZWINGLI, HULDREICH (1484—1531)

Zwingli on the subject of See also:

• TRANSUBSTANTIATION

Transubstantiation took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place there in the Rittersaal of the Schloss (see MARBURG, COLLOQUY OF) . During the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' and Seven Years' See also:

• WARS

Wars Marburg suffered considerably from sieges and See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine . In 1806, and again in 181o, it was the centre of an abortive rising against the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, in consequence of which the fortifications of the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle were destroyed .

See See also:

• KOLBE, ADOLPHE WILHELM HERMANN (1818–1884)

Kolbe, Marburg See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im Mittelalter (Marb., 1879) ; Bucking, theilungen aus Marburgs Vorzeit (Marb., 1886); Schoof, Marburg See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Perle See also:

• DES

des Hessenlandes (2nd ed., 1903) .