Marmecke

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Marmecke
Kirchhundem parish
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 21 ″  N , 8 ° 8 ′ 29 ″  E
Height : 410 m above sea level NN
Residents : 384  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Postal code : 57399
Area code : 02723
View of Marmecke
View of Marmecke

Marmecke is a village roughly in the middle of the municipality of Kirchhundem . As of December 31, 2013, the place had 384 inhabitants.

geography

Geographical location

The place is in a hollow of the Marmecke brook. The local landscape is characterized by grassland, while in the higher regions spruce forest predominates.

Neighboring places

The closest places are Rinsecke 1 km and Oberhundem 2 km east, Böminghausen 1 km west and Würdinghausen 2 km north-west.

history

In the name Marmecke there are the terms mar or march = horse and mecke / becke = brook . The brook and later also the valley and the place were therefore earlier called the horse brook, a plausible addition to the neighboring Rinsecke = cattle brook .

The oldest written mention of Marmecke goes back to 1427.

There is evidence of a chapel in Marmecke as early as the 17th century. School lessons were also given in it until 1859. The current church was built in 1903. It is consecrated to St. Antonius the Hermit .

Around 1700 a winter school was set up in Marmecke, attended by eleven children. Craftsmen or other people who are somewhat versed in reading, writing and arithmetic are hired as teachers. From 1820 there is a permanent teacher and from 1859 there is even a school house with a teacher's apartment. In 1908, a new schoolhouse was built, in which classes were held until the school was closed in 1966.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Marmecke is located on the K22 district road and is served several times a day by the R36 bus of the Westphalia-South transport company.

education

The Marmecker children attend primary school in Heinsberg or Kirchhundem and later the secondary schools in Kirchhundem and the neighboring municipality of Lennestadt .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kirchhundem parish: Places , accessed on January 13, 2015