Müggenhausen

Müggenhausen community Weilerswist Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 49 ″  N , 6 ° 52 ′ 35 ″  E
Height :	139 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.22 km²
Residents :	481  (Jan. 1, 2011)
Population density :	114 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	53919
Area code :	02254
Müggenhausen, aerial photo (2014)

Müggenhausen is a district of the community of Weilerswist in the district of Euskirchen , North Rhine-Westphalia and together with Neukirchen and Schwarzmaar forms the statistical locality of Müggenhausen with 481 inhabitants.

Geographical location

The district is located southeast of Weilerswist. The county road 3 (Rhein Str.) Leads through the town. The federal highway 61 runs on the eastern edge of the village .

history

Müggenhausen celebrated its 700th anniversary in 2002. On July 1, 1969, Müggenhausen was incorporated into Weilerswist.

religion

Laurentiuskirche

There was a St. Roch chapel from the 16th century in the village . The following church had to be demolished in 1897 because it was dilapidated, but the St. Laurentius Church was consecrated in 1901. Worship services take place there every week.

Trivia

• Müggenhausen Castle, first mentioned at the end of the 14th century , has been used by the Müggenhausen Horse Clinic since 2006.
• There is an ultralight airfield and a motocross track in the vicinity .

Web links

• Community homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistical data of the community of Weilerswist ( memento from June 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), residents including secondary residences, as of 2011
2. ^ Peter Kraut: 700 years of Müggenhausen Neukirchen Schwarzmaar . Village community Müggenhausen-Neukirchen-Schwarzmaar, Müggenhausen 2002, p. 224 .
3. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 88 .