Marpingen
Marpingen
Coordinates	49°27′0″N 7°3′0″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	11,172  (31 December 2006)
- Density	282 /km2 (729 /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
Location of Marpingen within Sankt Wendel district

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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

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

[edit] See also

• Marian apparitions
• Kulturkampf

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