Marpingen

Marpingen
Coat of arms
Marpingen Location of Marpingen within Sankt Wendel district
Coordinates: 49°27′N 7°3′E / 49.450°N 7.050°E / 49.450; 7.050Coordinates: 49°27′N 7°3′E / 49.450°N 7.050°E / 49.450; 7.050
Country	Germany
State	Saarland
District	Sankt Wendel
Government
• Mayor	Volker Weber (SPD)
Area
• Total	39.68 km2 (15.32 sq mi)
Elevation	301 m (988 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	10,138
• Density	260/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
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, 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

• Blackbourn, David (1994). Marpingen: Apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Nineteenth-Century Germany. New York: Alfred A Knopf. ISBN 0-679-41843-1. See David Blackbourn

External links

• "The Marian apparitions at Marpingen" – multi-part summary and commentary on Blackbourn's book on the Marpingen visions

• Marpingen pilgrimage

See also

• Marian apparitions
• Kulturkampf