Mecklinghausen (Bad Berleburg)

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Mecklinghausen is a submerged village in what is now Bad Berleburg in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Mecklinghausen belonged to the parish of Bad Berleburg.

location

The place was three kilometers northeast of Wemlighausen in the Schwarzenau valley . The settlement area extended to the entrance to the Dambach .

history

The place is mentioned for the last time in 1502. At the time, Mecklinghausen had five houses.

literature

Günther Wrede : Territorial history of the county of Wittgenstein . 1927.
Lars Womelsdorf: Contributions to the history of the village Alertshausen .