Mörschbach
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Coordinates: 50 ° 1 ′ N , 7 ° 37 ′ E |
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State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Rhein-Hunsrück district | |
Association municipality : | Simmern-Rheinböllen | |
Height : | 430 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 5.82 km 2 | |
Residents: | 339 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 58 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 55494 | |
Area code : | 06764 | |
License plate : | SIM, GOA | |
Community key : | 07 1 40 096 | |
LOCODE : | DE MBC | |
Association administration address: | Am Markt 1 55494 Rheinböllen |
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Local Mayor : | Dieter Michel | |
Location of the local community Mörschbach in the Rhein-Hunsrück district | ||
Mörschbach is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Simmern-Rheinböllen community .
geography
Mörschbach is located in the eastern part of the Hunsrück , near the A 61 motorway . The “Hof Mühlbergersmühle” residential area also belongs to Mörschbach .
history
The place dates back to antiquity; excavations revealed a settlement from around 500 BC. Found.
The place was mentioned for the first time in 1006 in a document in which the Archbishop of Mainz Willigis consecrated the church to "Mergesbach". To the south of Mörschbach, on the so-called "Nonnenberg" are the remains of a medieval fortification ( Motte ). This was possibly the seat of the Thidrichs named in the document of 1006 or of the noble noble family of those von Walebach , who named themselves after the neighboring village Wahlbach .
With the occupation of the Left Bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops , the place became French, in 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . Since 1946 the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In 1986 the industrial area "Am Metzenweg" was created on the outskirts.
- Population development
The development of the population of Mörschbach, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Municipal council
The council in Mörschbach consists of eight council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
mayor
Local mayor is Dieter Michel. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with 79.58% of the votes.
See also
Web links
- Official website of the municipality
- Short portrait of the place on SWR television
- Literature about Mörschbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 38 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
- ^ Heinrich Beyer : Document book on the history of the Middle Rhine territories now forming the Prussian administrative districts of Coblenz and Trier . tape 1 : From the oldest times to the year 1169. Koblenz 1874, p. 337 f. Reg. 285 ( full text in the Google book search).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Municipal Council Election 2019 Mörschbach. Retrieved October 4, 2019 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Simmern-Rheinböllen, Verbandsgemeinde, 24th line of results. Retrieved October 4, 2019 .