MARPURG, a strong and considerable town of Germany, in the Upper Rhine, and in the landgraviate of Hesse Cassel, with an university, a castle, a palace, a handsome square, and a magnificent town-house. It is seated on the river Lohn, in a pleasant country, 15 miles south of Waldeck, and 47 south-east of Cassel. E. Long. 8. 53. N. Lat. 50. 42.