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City of Wiehl
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 23 "  N , 7 ° 35 ′ 22"  E
Height : 280 m above sea level NN
Residents : 233  (May 17, 2006)
Postal code : 51674
Area code : 02261
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Location of Merkausen in Wiehl
Ev. Leisure home
Ev. Leisure home

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 .

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