Marpingen

Marpingen
Marpingen
Location of Marpingen within Sankt Wendel district
Coordinates	49°27′N 7°3′E / 49.45°N 7.05°E / 49.45; 7.05Coordinates: 49°27′N 7°3′E / 49.45°N 7.05°E / 49.45; 7.05
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saarland
District	Sankt Wendel
Local subdivisions	4
Mayor	Werner Laub (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	39.68 km2 (15.32 sq mi)
Elevation	301 m  (988 ft)
Population	10,770 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	271 /km2 (703 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WND
Postal code	66646
Area codes	06827, 06853
Website	www.marpingen.de

Marpingen is a municipality in the district of Sankt Wendel , in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approx. 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, und Habenichts, which is in the administrative area of Urexweiler.

History

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 Marpingen as a result.

References

1. ^ "Fläche, Bevölkerung in den Gemeinden am 31.12.2010 nach Geschlecht, Einwohner je km² und Anteil an der Gesamtbevölkerung" (in German). Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes. 31 December 2010. http://www.saarland.de/dokumente/thema_statistik/staa_FB311209.pdf. 

• 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

See also

• Marian apparitions
• Kulturkampf