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The Landgraviate of Hesse-Marburg was a German landgraviate,and independent principality,within the Holy Roman Empire,that existed between 1458 and 1500,and between 1567 and 1604/1650.
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The Marburg Colloquy was a meeting at Marburg Castle,Marburg,Hesse,Germany,which attempted to solve a disputation between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli over the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. It took place between 1 October and 4 October 1529. The leading Protestant reformers of the time attended at the behest of Philip I of Hessen. Philip's primary motivation for this conference was political;he wished to unite the Protestant states in political alliance,and to this end,religious harmony was an important consideration.
Marburg is a rural town in the City of Ipswich and a locality split between the City of Ipswich and the Somerset Region,both in Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census,Marburg had a population of 873 people.
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The Marburg Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Marburg,Germany as a Challenger since 2010.
Marburg virus is a hemorrhagic fever virus of the Filoviridae family of viruses and a member of the species Marburg marburgvirus,genus Marburgvirus. Marburg virus (MARV) causes Marburg virus disease in humans and primates,a form of viral hemorrhagic fever. The virus is considered to be extremely dangerous. The World Health Organization (WHO) rates it as a Risk Group 4 Pathogen. In the United States,the NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ranks it as a Category A Priority Pathogen and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists it as a Category A Bioterrorism Agent. It is also listed as a biological agent for export control by the Australia Group.
Ravn virus is a close relative of Marburg virus (MARV). RAVV causes Marburg virus disease in humans and nonhuman primates,a form of viral hemorrhagic fever. RAVV is a Select agent,World Health Organization Risk Group 4 Pathogen,National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Category A Priority Pathogen,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Category A Bioterrorism Agent,and listed as a Biological Agent for Export Control by the Australia Group.
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- ↑ Dettmering, Erhart; Drechsler, Hanno (1991). Alles für Marburg (in German). Marburg: Magistrat der Stadt Marburg. p. 12. ISBN 3-923820-32-1.
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