Merklingsen

Merklingsen Welver parish Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′ 22 ″  N , 8 ° 0 ′ 18 ″  E
Residents :	74  (2011)
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	59514
Area code :	02384

Merklingsen is a district of the municipality of Welver in the district of Soest ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

The place is surrounded by small forest areas and green flowing water, in a shallow depression that merges into an open landscape. The townscape is characterized by old trees, such as weeping willows, oaks and plane trees , as well as orchards. The settlement structure of the village is hamlet-like , large farmsteads determine the picture. There is no infrastructure worth mentioning. There are several wind turbines in the area . The agricultural experimental farm of the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences is remarkable .

Merklingsen was merged with other villages on July 1, 1969 to form the new community of Welver.

Web links

• The place on www.welver.de
• Report on the village competition of the Soest district (accessed on November 2, 2012; PDF file; 336 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pages of the FH-SWF
2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 93 .