Marbach (Marburg)
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Location of Marbach in Marburg
Look at the Marburg district Marbach
Marbach ( colloquially called The Marbach ) is a district of Marburg in Hesse with about 3460 inhabitants.
Geographical location
Marbach is located west of the central city of Marburg in a narrow valley which is sunk into the Marburger back. The place name is derived from Marbach same stream that continues to flow as Ketzerbach on the eastern outskirts of the village and empties into the River Lahn. The creek is currently mostly piped and built over by roads. The name Marbach points to the former border (Mark) between the territories of the Thuringian Landgrave and Kurmainz.
History
Marbach was first mentioned in 1272 as Marpah. In Salbuch ( Erbregister ) of the Office of Marburg from 1374 Marbach is mentioned alongside Ockershausen, Wehrda and Cappel as home village of the Landgrave of Hesse. This means that the residents of these four Marburg Castle closest villages were obliged the rulers to additional hand and clamping services.
In the 19th century, a comparatively modest Kurbetrieb was included in Marbach. The place has become a tourist destination near the city of Marburg. Even personalities like the Brothers Grimm visited Marbach. After the settlement of pharmaceutical industry Marbach one of the wealthiest communities in Hesse was. In contrast to most of the surrounding villages Marbach had long time no church of their own. The Protestant Markus Church was built in 1962 and inaugurated in 1964. 2004, the church was rebuilt and equipped with, among other things, by an elevator.
On 1 July 1974, the village of Marbach was amalgamated with several incorporated at 31 December 1971 Michel Bach places and Dagobertshausen with just over 4000 inhabitants in the town of Marburg. The city of Marburg maintains today in Marbach next to the GSM ( primary school Marbach ), a community center with administrative branch. The indoor pool Europabad was closed in 2006.
Civic Association
The village has an active Marbach Civic Association eV, which takes care of the community life in the district. He also publishes the Marbach messages which output is published 39 December 2009.
Behringwerke
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Emil von Behring founded in 1904 Marbach a pharmaceutical factory for the production of a serum against diphtheria. The Behringwerke arrived in 1952 at Hoechst AG, were temporarily one of the world's biggest vaccine manufacturers, and have since 1997 divided into different individual companies, some of which were sold (see also Dade Behring, CSL Behring, Novartis, Sanofi -Aventis, Pharmaserv ).
After Emil von Behring died in 1917, he was buried in a mausoleum in the forest near Marbach, which you can still visit today from the outside.
Traffic
The district Marbach - due to size and proximity to the urban core - integrated into the route network of city buses. The Marbach way is as a main arterial road from downtown heading west and an access road to the former Behringwerke one of the busiest streets of Marburg. Due to the heavy volume of traffic has been a tunnel in the public debate, which is to derive a large proportion of road transport in the amount of Behringwerke the Lahn valley. This idea of a Marbach tunnel is very controversial and local politics currently not pursued.
Since 2006, the Marbach road building was renovated, so it was closed to traffic by the end of October 2007.
Trade
In Marbach located next Behringwerke a pharmacy, gas station and a computer store. There are also two doctors and three bakers who are resident in Marbach.