Mötsch

Mötsch City of Bitburg Coordinates: 49 ° 57 ′ 47 ″ N , 6 ° 33 ′ 8 ″ E
Height :	330 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	1062 (December 31, 2016) [1]
Incorporation :	7th June 1969
Postal code :	54634
Area code :	06561
Location of Mötsch in Rhineland-Palatinate
	Mötsch

Mötsch is a district of Bitburg in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . Mötsch was an independent municipality until 1969 .

geography

The place is located in the Eifel southeast of Bitburg city center. The Albach residential area also belongs to Mötsch .

history

Various excavation pieces point to an early settlement of Mötsch. Roman remains have also been found. The name "Mariciacum" (first mentioned in 762), "Merxz" (893), "Mersch" (1030), "Mertsch" (1380), "Martiacum", "Mötsch" could possibly be derived from Mars . Approx. In 400 AD there was a Franconian royal court in Mötsch , which later passed to the Prüm Abbey . On August 13th, 762 Mötsch was first mentioned as Villa Mariciacum and is therefore the oldest part of Bitburg. Ceramic finds from the 14th-15th centuries Century suggest an ironworks in Mötsch.

During the Thirty Years War Mötsch was often the victim of robberies. Troops from Thionville drove horses and cows out of the village in 1647. On August 8, 1649, the governor of Thionville, Mochlo, baron de marole attacked with 500 men, some on horseback, Mötsch, Bitburg, Masholder and Hüttingen and stole all the cows. The residents of the affected places pursued the attackers, some with rifles, but were lured into an ambush near Meilbrück . Most of the people in the Eifel were shot, the rest were taken prisoner. Six to seven French people were killed.

In the 1950s, a NATO airfield was built largely on municipal territory. This led to Mötsch developing rapidly from an agricultural village to a residential area. The money that the airfield brought to the village made Mötsch one of the richest communities in Rhineland-Palatinate.

The previously independent municipality of Mötsch was incorporated into the city of Bitburg on June 7, 1969 .

politics

The interests of the Mötsch district are represented by a local council of eleven members. Mayor is Heiko Jakobs.

Culture and sights

Parish Church of St. Nicholas

Mötsch, water tower

Crossroads under the old walnut tree

Straw bear costume by Mötsch in the Bitburg-Prüm district museum

Buildings

Catholic branch church of St. Nicholas from 1786
Votive chapel (Marienkapelle) on "Alert" from 1890 ⊙49.952663 6.569209
Several crossroads are distributed across the district .
Mötsch's landmark is the former water tower.
Albachmühle with pilgrim towns, waterfalls and stalactite caves (cannot be visited)

Green spaces and recreation

Ahlert forest area (Bitburger Stadtwald)
Natural monument Mötscher waterfalls ⊙49.974681 6.561497
Albachtal natural monument - Kalkschlucht with wooded slopes east of Bitburg ⊙49.974784 6.562627

Regular events

Annual fair or parish fair - Mötscher Muatenkirmes

Hut burning on the first weekend after Ash Wednesday (so-called Scheef Sunday)

Straw bear on Shrove Tuesday

Economy and Infrastructure

Due to its proximity to Bitburg (Mötsch has almost merged with the district town) there are few service companies and public institutions in Mötsch. The school closed in 1972, the last grocery store in 1990. Mötsch has a youth home , which serves as a community hall, and a kindergarten. Due to the proximity to the airfield and the American housing estate, various restaurants and car dealerships settled there. Furthermore, there are several craft businesses in Mötsch, such as a goldsmith and a locksmith's shop.

There are also three playgrounds, a sports field, an indoor riding arena and a barbecue hut in Mötsch . The Mötscher Wald (Bitburger Stadtwald) Ahlert is also of great importance as a recreational area and commercial forest .

Personalities

Marcus Dahm (* 1977), composer, church musician and musicologist, directed the Mötsch church choir from 1997 to 2000.

literature

Ernst Wackenroder (arr.): The art monuments of the Bitburg district (= Paul Clemen [Hrsg.]: The art monuments of the Rhine province . Volume 12 / I ). Trier 1983, ISBN 3-88915-006-3 , p. 66 (315 p., With 12 plates and 227 ills. In the text. Reprinted by the Schwann edition, Düsseldorf 1927).
Michael Berens: Church of St. Nikolaus, votive chapel on the "Alert" . In: Geschichtlicher Arbeitskreis Bitburger Land (Hrsg.): The churches and chapels of the Bitburger Land . 1992, p. 71 ( online [PDF; accessed December 13, 2017]).

Web links

Commons : Mötsch - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the place
To search for cultural goods in the Mötsch district of the city of Bitburg in the database of cultural goods in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 60 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
↑ Regesta Imperii RI I n.95 of August 13, 762 (online ; accessed July 30, 2017).
↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 160 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
^ City of Bitburg - elections in Bitburg
↑ Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 .
↑ Hut Sunday in the Eifel. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .

[1] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 60 (PDF; 2.2 MB).

[2] Regesta Imperii RI I n.95 of August 13, 762 (online ; accessed July 30, 2017).

[3] Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 160 (PDF; 2.8 MB).

[4] City of Bitburg - elections in Bitburg

[5] Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 .

[6] Hut Sunday in the Eifel. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .