Marbeck

This article deals with the district of Borken in Westphalia, for further meanings see Marbeck (disambiguation) .

Marbeck City of Borken Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′ 46 ″  N , 6 ° 53 ′ 59 ″  E
Height :	59 m above sea level NHN
Area :	25.25 km²
Residents :	2485  (2018)
Population density :	98 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	46325
Primaries :	02867 place, 02861, 02865 and 02866
Location of Marbeck in North Rhine-Westphalia
The Engelradingbach in Marbeck

Marbeck is a village with 2485 (as of September 2018) inhabitants in the western Münsterland . It belongs to the town of Borken in the district of the same name . Until 1969 it was an independent municipality. Marbeck is especially important as a train station for the surrounding settlements.

geography

Marbeck is about 3.5 kilometers south of Borken and just under 2 kilometers southwest of the main town of the directly adjacent municipality of Heiden . In the south of Marbeck is the city limit to Raesfeld, which is just under 6 kilometers away .

Grütlohn (to Borken )	Bark	Heathens
West bark (to bark )
	Raesfeld	Rhade (to Dorsten )

Marbeck is shaped by the Engelradingbach , the upper reaches of the Borkener Aa , which runs directly through the settlement area. In addition, the Bruchbach flows into the Engelradingbach here. The area is mostly used for agriculture.

history

Marbeck was first mentioned in a document under the name Marckapu in the 9th century.

Marbeck has been part of Borken since July 1, 1969.

On January 1, 1975, about 240 residents of the original community of Marbeck moved from the city of Borken to the neighboring community of Heiden . The settlement is directly adjacent to Marbeck and is now called "Heiden an der Bahnhofstrasse".

politics

The mayor and contact person for the Marbeck district is Günter Stork.

Culture and sights

With the Marbeck home building, the place has a museum that shows farm work and exhibits historical equipment. Many bicycle roads and hiking trails cross the wooded area. Two former castles, the Engelrading estate and the Döring house , are reminiscent of times long past, as is the old oil mill .

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  Gut Engelrading
  main house from 1707

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  Haus Döring
  mansion from 1727

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  Watermill at the Döring house

The most important event is the Marbeck Christmas market . It takes place annually on the 1st Advent weekend (Sat. and Sun.), 2nd Advent weekend (Sat. and Sun.) and 3rd Advent weekend (Thu., Fri., Sat. and Sun) at the Waldhof Schulze Beikel.

traffic

Marbeck-Heiden stop, 2015

Marbeck is on the Winterswijk – Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck railway line . The Marbeck-Heiden stop is served every hour by the regional express RE 14 “Der Borkener”. The local passenger transport is carried out by the NordWestBahn .

The former reception building, which is under monument protection and is kept in half-timbering, dates from 1906. Today it is privately inhabited.

→ Main article : Marbeck-Heiden train station

Sports

The largest sports club is FC Marbeck, which offers tennis and popular sports in addition to football. The first men's team in the football division plays in the B district league, the women's team in the district league.

Web links

Commons : Marbeck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description of Marbeck on borken.de
• marbeck.de
• Marbeck in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 95 .
2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 312 .
3. ↑ City of Borken: List of monuments A III - Public buildings and facilities  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed August 7, 2008  
4. ^ Railway station pass : Borken Marbeck-Heiden. (PDF) (No longer available online.) BahnflächenEntwicklungsGesellschaft NRW, archived from the original on May 24, 2015 ; accessed on May 24, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.