Coordinates: 49°27′N 7°3′E / 49.450°N 7.050°E / 49.450; 7.050

Marpingen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Marpingen
File:Marpingen Ansicht 02.JPG
Location of Marpingen within Sankt Wendel district
NonnweilerNohfeldenFreisenTholeyOberthalMarpingenNambornSankt WendelRhineland-PalatinateMerzig-WadernSaarlouis (district)Neunkirchen (German district)
Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value.
Coordinates: Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
CountryGermany
StateSaarland
DistrictSankt Wendel
Subdivisions4
Government
 • Mayor (2016–26) Volker Weber[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total
39.68 km2 (15.32 sq mi)
Elevation
301 m (988 ft)
Population
 (Lua error in Module:Settlement_Wikidata at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).)Lua error in Module:Settlement_Wikidata at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
 • Total
Lua error in Module:Settlement_Wikidata at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
66646
Dialling codes06827, 06853
Vehicle registrationWND
Websitewww.marpingen.de

Marpingen is a municipality in the district of Sankt Wendel, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approximately 8 km west of Sankt Wendel, and 25 km north of Saarbrücken.

The municipality contains the urban areas Marpingen, Urexweiler, Alsweiler und Berschweiler, which have the status of Ortschaft, and Rheinstraße, which is in the administrative area of Marpingen, and Habenichts, which is in the administrative area of Urexweiler.

History

[edit | edit source]
File:MarpingenErscheinungen1999L1070006 (2).jpg
In Marpingen, Germany, Our Lady is said to have appeared several times to three groups of visionaries: in 1876–1877, then in 1934–1936, and in 1999. The investigation performed by the Bishop of Trier after the last apparition concluded in 2005 that "the events in Marpingen cannot be confirmed as being of supernatural origin".[2]

From 1822 to 1946, Marpingen was apart of the Rhine Province in the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1876, at the height of the Kulturkampf, Marpingen was claimed to be the site of an apparition of the Virgin Mary, leading to a major conflict between the Prussian government and the believers who flocked to the municipality as a result.[3]

See also

[edit | edit source]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ Gewählte Ober-/Bürgermeister*innen, Landrät*innen und Regionalverbandsdirektor*in im Saarland, Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes, 27 March 2022.
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
[edit | edit source]

Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).