Marburg Harbor Festival | Hotel Marburger Hof

Marburg celebrates its "small harbor"!

Multi-day folk festival with amusement park, many attractions and live music on the river stage.

Location: Around the Lahn riverbank

Organizer: Ahlendorf & Sons

You can find the program here

Photo by Hydro on Wikipedia, Marburg Lahn Wehr, CC BY-SA 4.0

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