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City of Wiehl
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 23 " N , 7 ° 35 ′ 22" E
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Height : | 280 m above sea level NN | |
Residents : | 233 (May 17, 2006) | |
Postal code : | 51674 | |
Area code : | 02261 | |
Location of Merkausen in Wiehl |
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Ev. Leisure home
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Merkausen in the Oberbergischer Kreis is one of 51 localities in the city of Wiehl in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia .
Location and description
The place is between the places Alferzhagen in the west and Marienhagen in the south and is about 6 km northeast of the city center of Wiehl on the county road K 57 as the crow flies.Markausen is north of the federal highway 4 .
history
First mention
Under the name of Merrekusen, the place was mentioned for the first time in 1464 as "Homburger GrenzWEISum" . There are further mentions in the A. Mercator card from 1575 as Merickhausen and in the Homburg fodder oat labels from 1580 as Merigkaussenn.
leisure
Association
- MGV Alferzhagen-Merkausen
- Association for garden culture and site design
- Interest groups
- Environmental pirates
- Skat clubs
- Evangelisches Freizeitheim Wiehl-Merkausen
particularities
- Orchards with 800 fruit trees
- Opening of a canalised stream
- Garden for children in which they can experiment for themselves
Competition Our village has a future
In the nationwide competition Our village has a future (until 1997 under the title Our village should be more beautiful ) Merkausen has already received many prizes:
- District competition 1985/86/88 1st place
- District competition 1990 2nd place
- District competition 1992/96/99 1st place
- State competition 1993/95 bronze
- District competition 2002 1st place
- State competition 2003 silver
- District competition 2005 1st place
literature
- Hans Joachim Söhn, Lothar Wirths: Oat feed label. Inhabitants and fireplaces in the Homburg rulership in 1580 (= materials and sources on the Oberberg regional history. H. 3). Galunder, Gummersbach 2003, ISBN 3-89909-012-8 .