Maria Veen

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Maria Veen
Reken municipality
Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 13 "  N , 7 ° 5 ′ 38"  E
Height : approx. 65  (61–81)  m above sea level NHN
Residents : 2202  (2012)
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 48734
Area code : 02864
Maria Veen (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Maria Veen

Location of Maria Veen in North Rhine-Westphalia

St. Mary's Church in Maria Veen
St. Mary's Church in Maria Veen

Maria Veen (also Maria-Veen ) is a district of the municipality of Reken in the Münsterland . Maria Veen is known as the location of the Benediktushof social institution .

geography

Maria Veen is located in the east of the Reken municipality on the northern edge of the Reken mountains . In the north of Maria Veen the Heubach flows , which forms the border to the city of Dülmen . Directly to the east of Maria Veen are the Heubachwiesen and the Merfelder Bruch with the Wildpferdebahn .

Culture and sights

Benediktushof

To the south of the settlement area is the Benediktushof, which is church-sponsored and specializes primarily in the training of physically and mentally handicapped people. It was created as a special school in the 1920s and has been continuously expanded and expanded since then.

Monastery and high school of the Marianhiller Missionaries

Right next to the Benediktushof is a former Trappist monastery , which was converted by the Mariannhill missionaries into a Catholic high school in 1952 , which has become important for the regional school landscape and accommodates around 600 students. (2020)

traffic

Maria Veen stop

The Duisburg – Quakenbrück railway runs through the village and is used by the RB 45 on the Dorsten - Coesfeld section . Maria Veen train station is on this route.

Web links

Commons : Maria Veen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Müller's Large German Local Book 2012 (on Google Books). In: Volume 1 / AM. 2012, accessed June 12, 2017 .
  2. Arrival - Benediktushof. Retrieved July 10, 2019 .
  3. Overview of the history of the Benediktushof , benediktushof.de, accessed on April 29, 2016.
  4. Website of the grammar school with information about the school  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , schule1.de, accessed on April 29, 2016.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.schule1.de