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It was like Marburgs own version of the Berlin Film Festival! With a solemn ceremony in the auditorium of the old university, the Frenchwoman Agnès Godard was presented with the twelfth Camera Prize for her outstanding achievements as a cinematographer. Following Judith Kaufmann, who received the 2006 award, she is the second female winner of the €5000 prize, presented to cinematographers by the City of Marburg and the Philipp University. more
Marburg had a promising and exciting year in 2011! One positive example was the University Citys change in its energy policy long before the decision of the German Bundestag on the 30th of June 2011 was passed phasing out nuclear power. Marburg is not only moving towards the future with its solar code, which requires homeowners to instal solar panels to generate heat, but also with its solar cadastral land register,... more
We have the following quote about Marburg from the poet and collector of fairytales Jacob Grimm: "In Marburg, one must move ones legs, and climb upstairs and downstairs!” This peculiar topography - a medieval city on a mountainside, with cobblestone streets - was also to be mentioned by City Commissioner Dr. Kerstin Weinbach in Brussels, at the presentation of the access city award in 2012, as an example of the multiple challenges facing the Marburg city administration as it moved to make the city barrier free. more
What is the administration of the University City of Marburg today? Is it, in the digital age, a collection of data on various computers that are interlinked with each other? The address reported to the registration office and stored there in computer language? At the very least, every data management system and every "digital brain" works that way. However, the "digital brain" of the City’s administration "ticks" differently now: more ecologically, efficiently and safely.
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