Mörel (Holstein)

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Mörel (Holstein)
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Coordinates: 54 ° 7 '  N , 9 ° 44'  E

Basic data
State : Schleswig-Holstein
Circle : Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Office : Mittelholstein
Height : 58 m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.69 km 2
Residents: 229 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 26 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 24594
Primaries : 04871, 04873
License plate : RD, ECK
Community key : 01 0 58 106
Office administration address: Am Markt 15
24594 Hohenwestedt
Website : www.amt-mittelholstein.de
Mayor : Klaus-Peter Lucht (KWG)
Location of the municipality of Mörel in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district
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Mörel is a municipality in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district in Schleswig-Holstein .

Geography and traffic

Mörel is about 20 km west of Neumünster and 20 km south of Rendsburg in the Aukrug Nature Park . The federal highway 77 from Rendsburg to Itzehoe and the federal highway 430 from Neumünster in the direction of Meldorf intersect southwest of Mörel . The Fürbek flows through the village .

history

Mörel was first mentioned in 1602 as Mörling.

Legends and founding myths

There was a corpse in the moor, nobody wanted to bury it. Finally the inhabitants of this village were found willing to do so. For this they were given the moor and the name Mörel.

At Mörel there is a paddock called Hünjekamp. It belonged to a giant who lived with Mörel. Once a farmer from Mörel drove his cart into a deep ditch and got stuck. Eight horses couldn't get the wagon out again. Then the giant came to the farmer and asked him: "What will you give me if I take the wagon out again?" The farmer says he wants to give him a piece of land. Then the giant stands under the car and lifts it out again. The farmer has to give the giant a piece of land and that is still called Hünjekamp today.

The giant also came to thresh the farmers. Then they had to take the boards off the floor, otherwise the giant would not have been able to stand on the hall. The farmers wanted to get rid of the giant because he always charged them so much. Once they found him in the forest, where he was lying and sleeping for lunch. So they attacked him, beat him to death and buried him there in the forest. But they were afraid he might rise from the earth again. That is why they brought three large stones, one on his head, the other on his stomach and the third on his feet. The stones were lying in one line in the “Breedenhop” for a long time and people called them the giant beds.

politics

Of the nine seats in the municipal council, the KWG has had all seats since the local elections in May 2018.

economy

Meadow landscape in Mörel

The community area is predominantly agricultural, although the number of full-time farms has decreased significantly and today many commuters live in the community.

Web links

Commons : Mörel (Holstein)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ Heimatbuch des Rendsburg district , reprint of the 1922 edition, ISBN 3-921361-23-0
  3. ↑ Heimatbuch des Rendsburg district , reprint of the 1922 edition, ISBN 3-921361-23-0
  4. ^ Gustav-Friedrich Meyer: Office Rendsborger Sagen , Rendsburg, District Committee, 1925.
  5. ^ Gustav-Friedrich Meyer: Office Rendsborger Sagen , Rendsburg, District Committee, 1925.
  6. ↑ Results of the local elections in 2018 . amt-mittelholstein.de. Retrieved May 27, 2013.