Mengeringhausen
Mengeringhausen is a village and a municipal district of Bad Arolsen in Waldeck-Frankenberg, in Hesse, Germany. Its population is estimated to be 3,800 people.[1] It was first mentioned as the town 'Stadt Mengeringhausen' in 1234.[2] The town was in possession of sovereign principality Waldeck (later Waldeck and Pyrmont).
In 1974, Mengeringhausen was incorporated to the city Bad Arolsen.
Notable people[edit]
Mengeringhausen is the birthplace of Conrad Goclenius (1490-1539), Renaissance humanist and friend of Desiderius Erasmus; Philipp Nicolai (1556–1608), Lutheran pastor, poet, and composer; 18th century theologian Ernst Friedrich von Ockel; and the Bavarian Lieutenant General and War Minister Wilhelm von Le Suire (1787–1852). Carl Theodor Severin (1763–1836), also born in Mengeringhausen, was an architect active in Mecklenburg.
References[edit]
51°22′00″N 8°59′24″E / 51.36667°N 8.99000°E
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