Marburg

:This page is about the city in Germany. For the virus, see Marburg (virus). For the city in Slovenia, see Maribor.

"Marburg an der Drau"

Marburg is also the German name of Maribor ("Marburg an der Drau", rather than "Marburg an der Lahn"), the second largest city in Slovenia. The two Marburgs are sister cities and closely cooperate. Although the name "Marburg" is not customary for Maribor anymore even by German-speakers, Slovenia - with one of the fastest-growing economies of the new European Union member states - is one of the central and eastern European countries where German place names are not seen as somehow offensive, and thus "Marburg" is used for Maribor with more frequency during the last 10 years than it was previously.

Related Topics:
Maribor - Slovenia - European Union

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