Marburg-Biedenkopf is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany.

Neighboring districts are Waldeck-Frankenberg, Schwalm-Eder, Vogelsbergkreis, Gießen, Lahn-Dill, Siegen-Wittgenstein.

The coat of arms shows the lion of Hesse, as Marburg was the seat of the landgraves 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.

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