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Marburg-Biedenkopf
Marburg-Biedenkopf
is a
Kreis
in
the west
of
Hesse, Germany
.
Neighboring
districts
are
Waldeck-Frankenberg
,
Schwalm-Eder
,
Vogelsbergkreis
,
Gießen
,
Lahn-Dill
,
Siegen-Wittgenstein
.
History
The
district
was created in
1974
when the districts
Marburg
,
Biedenkopf
and the former
urban district
of Marburg were
merged
.
The district has
partnerships
with
Huntingdonshire
in
the United Kingdom
, the
borough
of
Charlottenburg
in
Berlin
, and the district of
Kościerzyna
in
Poland
.
Geography
The
main river
in the district is the
Lahn
.
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