Maria Veen
Maria Veen
Reken municipality
Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 13 " N , 7 ° 5 ′ 38" E
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Height : | approx. 65 (61–81) m above sea level NHN | |
Residents : | 2202 (2012) | |
Incorporation : | 1st July 1969 | |
Postal code : | 48734 | |
Area code : | 02864 | |
Location of Maria Veen in North Rhine-Westphalia |
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St. Mary's Church in Maria Veen
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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
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Müller's Large German Local Book 2012 (on Google Books). In: Volume 1 / AM. 2012, accessed June 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Arrival - Benediktushof. Retrieved July 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Overview of the history of the Benediktushof , benediktushof.de, accessed on April 29, 2016.
- ↑ Website of the grammar school with information about the school ( 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. , schule1.de, accessed on April 29, 2016.