Marienfeld
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For the village in Cimişlia district, Moldova, see Ialpujeni. For the village in Timiș County, Romania that bears this name in German, see Teremia Mare. For the former village in Georgia bearing this name that was absorbed into Sartichala, see Sartichala.
Not to be confused with Marienfelde.
Marienfeld is a large (2.6 km2 / 640 acres) grassy field on the reclaimed site of a former open-pit lignite mine about 20 km (12 mi) south-west of Cologne Cathedral in the city of Cologne, Germany, straddling the towns of Frechen and Kerpen. The mine area was named Marienfeld (German: Mary's Field) and landscaped in order to serve as the site of the Catholic Church's 20th World Youth Day in 2005.