 marburg-biedenkopf is a kreis (district) in the west of hesse, germany. neighboring districts are waldeck-frankenberg, schwalm-eder, vogelsbergkreis, gieÃen, 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 koÅcierzyna in poland. == geography == the main river in the district is the lahn. == coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||100px|coat of arms ||the coat of arms shows the lion of hesse, as marburg was the seat of the counts of hesse, and also their tomb is located in a church in marburg. the coat held by the lion shows the black cross of the counts of the teutonic knights, who had a castle in marburg as well. |} ==towns and municipalities== {| ! align=left width=33%|towns ! align=left width=33%|municipalities ! align=left width=33%| |- valign=top || #amÃ¶neburg #biedenkopf #gladenbach #kirchhain #marburg #neustadt #rauschenberg #stadtallendorf #wetter || #angelburg #bad endbach #breidenbach #cÃ¶lbe #dautphetal #ebsdorfergrund #fronhausen || lahntal lohra mÃ¼nchhausen am christenberg steffenberg weimar wohratal |} == references ==  == external links ==  * official website  * tourism in marburg-biedenkopf   
Districts_of_Hesse Marburg-Biedenkopf