Hague (Morbach)

Hague Association-free municipality of Morbach
	Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 38 " N , 7 ° 1 ′ 59" E
Height :	460 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.01 km²
Residents :	535 (Jun 30, 2005)
Population density :	53 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1974
Postal code :	54497
Area code :	06533
Location of Haag in Rhineland-Palatinate
	District of Haag

Haag is a part of the Morbach community in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate .

geography

The place Haag lies at 460 m above sea level. NHN . The lowest point at 270 m above sea level. NHN is on the Brühl and the highest point of 605.8 m above sea level. NHN is located at the confluence of Gornhausener Weg on Römerstrasse.

In terms of local politics, the district of Haag has belonged to the community of Morbach, the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich, the administrative district of Trier (until 1999) and the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since December 31, 1974 .

Haag is located on Kreisstraße 80, which leads from Morbach to Horath , in the middle of the low mountain range of the Hunsrück .

history

The Celtic barrows are the oldest remains from days gone by. The Celts settled the area in the Bronze and Iron Ages (approx. 500–300 BC). At the end of 1935, a burial mound 32 meters in diameter was examined by the State Museum on the “Sangkopf” .

After the Romans had conquered the area, they used the roads built by the Celts as deployment and supply routes for their legions . To this day, the two Roman roads that lead past the site are still preserved from this time . A road leads from Trier via Neumagen to Bingen and Mainz . The second Roman road has its course from Trier via Fell, Breit, Bersehen and then meets the first Roman road above Elzerath . After the Roman conquest, the Celtic and Roman cultures were mixed.

In the period 270–460 AD the onslaught of the Franks on the area increased more and more until around 460 AD the Franks had the area in their possession. It can be assumed that the settlement of today's Haag began around this time.

The first documentary mention is from May 16, 1396 with the place name at that time "off der hagen". The first descriptions of the place exist as early as 1315 in the white book of Elector Baldwin of Trier . The place name has changed in the course of history: in 1398 "uff die hage", 1470 "haghen", 1509 "uff der hagen", 1556 "of der hagen", 1641 "Hag", 1655 "auf der Haagen", 1656 "Haagh", 1777 "on the Hague" and since 1798 "Haag".

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the former municipality shows a silver branch on a green background. The branch of a hawthorn leaf should give an indication of the probable origin of the place name. The red bar cross in the silver head of the shield indicates that it belongs to the Kurstaat Trier . The design of the coat of arms comes from the mayor of Unkel a. D. Josef Decku .

present

In the course of time, the place has changed from a typical rural village with agriculture , cattle breeding and arable farming to a neat residential village, which has increasing population numbers despite the lack of shops and jobs. A lively club life and a number of events in the local multi-purpose hall and on the "Festplatz am Backes" newly built in 2007 round off village life here.

In 1996 the place celebrated its 600th anniversary. In 2005 the Haag sports club had existed for 50 years.

Personalities

Matthias Martini (1794–1868), from 1847 to 1868 Vicar General of the Diocese of Trier

Neighboring places

	Gornhausen	Merscheid
Horath		Rapperath
Merschbach	Hunolstein	Weiperath

literature

Josef Schemer: Chronicle Haag. Becoming and growing a Hunsrück town. Johnen, Bernkastel-Kues 1985, 251 pages.
Josef Schemer, Edwin Petry: Haag: off the hagen. 2008, 490 pages.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 172 (PDF; 2.8 MB).

[1] Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 172 (PDF; 2.8 MB).