In the Mordach

In the Mordach municipality Mühltal Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 23 "  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 56"  E
Height :	180 m above sea level NHN
Postal code :	64367
Area code :	06151

In the Mordach is a district of the municipality Mühltal in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district in Hesse .

Geographical location

The hamlet "In der Mordach" is located in the northern Odenwald in the granite area of the Geo-Naturpark Bergstrasse-Odenwald . The landscape corresponds to the typical hilly landscape of the Vorderen Odenwald .

History and etymology

The settlement was originally called "Mordthart". The current name "Mordach" has been documented since 1560. The name "In der Mordach" is a local dialect form that corresponds to a written language "In der Moorache".

The name of the hamlet in historical documents:

• 1445 Mortart
• 1475 Mordthardt
• 1513 Mortart
• 1560 Mordach
• 1746 Morthart
• 1927 Mordach

Waters

• Beerbach
• Mordach
• Mill moat

Historical buildings

• Frankenberger Mill
• Toe mill

Transport links

The hamlet is on Landstrasse 3098 between Darmstadt and the Nieder-Beerbach district of Mühltal . There is only one road in the hamlet ( In der Mordach ). The settlement is connected to Darmstadt's local transport by a bus line.

Varia

The Haus Burgwald sanatorium of the Waldmühle Foundation is located in the hamlet .

Personalities

• Klaus-Jürgen Hoffie (* 1936), German entrepreneur and politician, lives in the hamlet

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mühltal in numbers: EWZ with NW
2. ^ Hans Ramge: Südhessischs Flurnamenbuch, Hessische Historische Kommission Darmstadt 2002, Verlagsdruckerei Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch, ISBN 3-88443-045-9
3. ^ Wilhelm Müller: Hessisches Ortnamesbuch , 1937

Web links

• District “In der Mordach” on the Mühltal website