Mengeringhausen is a

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and a

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Bad Arolsen Bad Arolsen (, until 1997 Arolsen, ''Bad'' being the German name for ''Spa'') is a small town in northern Hesse, Germany, in Waldeck-Frankenberg district. From 1655 until 1918 it served as the residence town of the Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont and t ...

Waldeck-Frankenberg Waldeck-Frankenberg is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Höxter, Kassel, Schwalm-Eder, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Hochsauerland. History The district was created in 1972 by merging t ...

, in

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. Its population is estimated to be 3,800 people. The was first mentioned as the town 'Stadt Mengeringhausen' in 1234.Stadt Mengeringhausen
/ref> The town was in possession of sovereign principality Waldeck (later Waldeck and Pyrmont). In 1974, Mengeringhausen was incorporated to the city

Notable people

Mengeringhausen is the birthplace of

Conrad Goclenius Conrad Goclenius (or in German "Conrad Wackers" or "Conrad Gockelen") was a Renaissance humanist, and Latin scholar, and the closest confidant of humanist Desiderius Erasmus, who was born in Mengeringhausen in the Landgraviate of Hesse in 1490, ...

(1490-1539), Renaissance humanist and friend of Desiderius Erasmus;

Philipp Nicolai Philipp Nicolai (10 August 1556 – 26 October 1608) was a German Lutheran pastor, poet, and composer. He is most widely recognized as a hymnodist. Biography Philipp Nicolai was born at Mengeringhausen in Waldeck, Hesse, Germany where his fat ...

(1556–1608),

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...

pastor, poet, and composer; 18th century theologian

Ernst Friedrich von Ockel Ernst Friedrich Ockel (then von Ockel zu Salwitz) Lutheran theologian, writer and politician from the duchy of Courland (Latvia), born 16 November 1742, in Mengeringhausen (Waldeck (state), Waldeck). Son of a Lutheran minister and school rector i ...

; and the Bavarian Lieutenant General and War Minister

Wilhelm von Le Suire Wilhelm von Le Suire (9 June 1787 – 10 March 1852), known in Greece as Lessouiros ( el, Λεσσουΐρος, Λεζουΐρος), was a Bavarian Lieutenant General, War Minister under Otto of Greece during 1834 and under Maximilian II of Bavaria ...

(1787–1852).

Carl Theodor Severin Carl Theodor Severin (13 September 1763, Mengeringhausen – 20 February 1836, Bad Doberan, Germany) was a German architect. He is regarded as one of the most important representatives of classicism in Mecklenburg. Life Severin was born the fi ...

(1763–1836), also born in Mengeringhausen, was an architect active in

Mecklenburg Mecklenburg (; nds, label=Low German, Mękel(n)borg ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin ...

References

Villages in Hesse {{Hesse-geo-stub