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There are 13 different meanings of Marienburg.

Marienburg Disambiguation
Suriname
6 products, approx. 53 pages
Marienburg (Suriname), a town in Suriname
St.Petersburg
4 products, approx. 46 pages
Marienburg (Russia), a suburb of St.Petersburg
Cologne
3 products, approx. 20 pages
Köln-Marienburg, a suburb of Cologne
Hanover
3 products, approx. 16 pages
castle in Hanover, residence of the Prince of Hanover
Malbork
2 products, approx. 3 pages
Malbork, Poland, site of the Ordensburg Marienburg
Alūksne
1 product, approx. 2 pages
Alūksne, Latvia
Feldioara
1 product, approx. 1 pages
Feldioara, Romania
The names Marienburg  or Frauenburg were given to many towns in German-speaking countries in the Middle Ages. The names usually originated in the construction of a fortified (hence -burg) chapel, church, or monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary, also descriptively called Frau (woman, wife). Ex. Marienburg Abbey:[1]. There are many fortresses, castles, and towns with the name Marienburg, such as:
Ordensburg Marienburg (Malbork Castle), the large brick castle built by the Teutonic Knights
A castle [2] in Niederalfingen near Aalen, Germany
Marienburg (Hildesheim), a castle in Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany
Marienburg (Mosel), a former Augustinian monastery built near the ruins of a Roman fortress in Zell an der Mosel near Trier, Germany, now a youth center of the Archbishopric of Trier
In the Warhammer Fantasy world, Marienburg (Warhammer) is a fictional city.



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