Marburg

In 1527, the Hessian Landgrave Philip the Magnanimous founded the first Protestant university in the dissolved monasteries in Marburg. Here, at the “Marburg religious conference” in 1529, a vain attempt was made to induce Luther and Zwingli to adopt a common approach.  

Features of interest: Landgrave’s Palace, Church of St. Elisabeth, Town Hall, historic Old Town.