Engelern

Engelern Merzen municipality Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 28 ″  N , 7 ° 45 ′ 5 ″  E
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	49586
Area code :	05467
Location of Engelern in Lower Saxony

Engelern is part of the municipality of Merzen and was an independent municipality until 1972.

history

On July 1, 1972 Engelern was incorporated into the municipality of Merzen.

Gut Schlichthorst

The Schlichthorst estate goes back to the Fürstenau Drosten Eberhard Möring, who bought the Tebbe tor Slichthorst inheritance in 1528 and expanded it into an estate. It was sold several times over the centuries and in 1905 it came to Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer. Since 1973 the property has been used by the workers' welfare organization to care for mentally ill people.

St. Clemens Schlichthorst

Chapel of St. Clement

The Gutskapelle St. Clemens Schlichthorst was built in 1906 by the von Schorlemer family and the Catholics of the Engelern and Döllinghausen communities.

population

year	Residents
December 1, 1910	313

Former mayor

• 1968–1972 Reinhard von Schorlemer (CDU)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heinrich Gosmann .: Merzen. Familienforschung Tecklenburger Land (TEFAM) eV, accessed on March 8, 2020 . 
2. ^ Uli Schubert: District of Bersenbrück. gemeindeververzeichnis.de, January 5, 2020, accessed on March 8, 2020 .