Gemen (Schöppingen)
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Gemen
City of Schöppingen
Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 30 ″ N , 7 ° 8 ′ 11 ″ E
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| Height : | 59 m above sea level NHN | |
| Residents : | 341 (2011) | |
| Postal code : | 48624 | |
| Area code : | 02555, 02568 | |
Location of Gemen in North Rhine-Westphalia |
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Gemen is a farming community and one of three districts of Schöppingen . Gemen had a total of 341 inhabitants in 2011.
history
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After a plague epidemic in 1636, the farmers in Gemen made the vow to celebrate the feast of St. Anthony on January 17th every year and built a plague chapel. A school was established in Gemen in the 18th century. In 1923 the church of St. Antonius Abbot was inaugurated in Gemen . In 2013, the parish of St. Antonius Gemen as well as the Eggerod parish of St. Mariä Birth lost their independence with the merger under St. Brictius Schöppingen .
Regular events
In Gemen, the feast of St. Anthony is celebrated annually on January 17th and a shooting festival every two years in July.