Marpingen
Marpingen | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Marpingen
within Sankt Wendel district | |
Location of Marpingen | |
Marpingen Marpingen | |
| Coordinates: 49°27′N 7°3′E / 49.450°N 7.050°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saarland |
| District | Sankt Wendel |
| Subdivisions | 4 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2016–26) | Volker Weber[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 39.68 km2 (15.32 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 301 m (988 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 10,002 |
| • Density | 252.1/km2 (652.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 66646 |
| Dialling codes | 06827, 06853 |
| Vehicle registration | WND |
| Website | www.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
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.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Gewählte Ober-/Bürgermeister*innen, Landrät*innen und Regionalverbandsdirektor*in im Saarland, Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes, 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ Louis, Justine (2008). "La Prudence Comme Mot d'Ordre" (PDF). L'Église catholique face à l'extraordinaire chrétien depuis Vatican II: Mémoire de thèse (PhD) (in French). Lyon: Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3. pp. 150–151. S2CID 160094467. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ Blackbourn, David (1994). Marpingen: Apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Nineteenth-Century Germany. New York: Alfred A Knopf. ISBN 0-679-41843-1.
External links
- "The Marian apparitions at Marpingen" – multi-part summary and commentary on Blackbourn's book on the Marpingen visions Archived 2010-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Marpingen pilgrimage Archived 2016-03-27 at the Wayback Machine