Marpingen

Marpingen
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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
Subdivisions	4
Government
• Mayor (2016–)	Volker Weber[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	39.68 km2 (15.32 sq mi)
Elevation	301 m (988 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	9,961
• Density	250/km2 (650/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, 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.

See also[]

• Marian apparitions
• Kulturkampf

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

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