Mörsdorf (Hunsrück)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '  N , 7 ° 21'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Hunsrück district
Association municipality :	Kastellaun
Height :	340 m above sea level NHN
Area :	17.37 km 2
Residents:	596 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	34 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56290
Area code :	06762
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Community key :	07 1 40 503
Association administration address:	Kirchstrasse 1 56288 Kastellaun
Website :	www.moersdorf-hunsrueck.de
Local Mayor :	Marcus Kirchhoff
Location of the local community Mörsdorf in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

Mörsdorf with Sankt Kastor

Geierlay suspension rope bridge

Mörsdorf is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It has been a member of the Kastellaun community since July 1, 2014 . Mörsdorf is a state-approved resort .

geography

location

Mörsdorf is located on a high plateau in the northern Hunsrück between the valley cuts of the Dünnbach in the northeast and the Mörsdorfer Bach in the southwest. The community also includes the residential areas Fettsmühle, Lindenhof and Petryhof.

Neighboring places

Bruttig-Fankel	Treis-Karden , Lieg	Lahr , Zilshausen
Alto , middle , Liesenich		Korweiler
Reidenhausen	Mastershausen	Book , Kastellaun

climate

The annual precipitation is 697 mm. The precipitation is in the middle third of the values ​​recorded in Germany. Lower values ​​are registered at 39% of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is February, with the most rainfall in June. In June there is 1.4 times more rainfall than in February. Precipitation varies only minimally and is extremely evenly distributed over the year. Lower seasonal fluctuations are recorded at less than 1% of the measuring stations .

history

Mörsdorf was first mentioned in a document in 1103 and was part of the Beltheim court until the end of the 18th century . From 1794 the place was under French rule, in 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . Since 1946 it has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Until June 30, 2014 the community belonged to the Treis-Karden community in the Cochem-Zell district , then it moved to the Kastellaun community in the Rhein-Hunsrück district .

Statistics on population development

The development of the population of Mörsdorf, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 688 1835 837 1871 770 1905 746 1939 789 1950 778 1961 705

year Residents 1970 795 1987 716 1997 727 2005 720 2011 626 2017 600 2019 596

politics

Municipal council

The council in Mörsdorf consists of twelve council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

mayor

The local mayor is Marcus Kirchhoff. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with a share of 56.94% of the vote.

coat of arms

Justification of the coat of arms: The notched bar cross with the tournament collar in the coat of arms indicates the family of the Beissel von Gymnich, who still owned the place in 1744. The palm is the attribute of the church patron, the holy castor. The cross is a replica of the many stone crosses that are in the same shape in the place with the year 1750. The wall anchor is from the coat of arms of Metzenhausen. They were enfeoffed in 1493 by the Archbishop of Trier, verifiable as early as 1799.

Culture and sights

St. Castor from 1768, interior

Local history museum in the former bakery and community center

Buildings

• On May 30, 2015, the official groundbreaking for the construction of the Geierlay suspension rope bridge , which will be connected to the Saar-Hunsrück-Steig in the 19th stage, took place. Until the construction of the Titan RT at the Rappbode Dam in 2017, this bridge was the longest suspension bridge in Germany at 360 meters. Completion took place at the end of September, the official inauguration took place on October 3, 2015. The designer of the bridge is the Swiss engineer Hans Pfaffen.

• Parish Church of St. Castor from 1768
• Old town hall from 1645 - today it houses the local history museum
• There are also several crossroads across the municipality .
• The town center is the location of some old half-timbered houses that are under monument protection.
• War memorial chapel around 1900

See also: List of cultural monuments in Mörsdorf

Green spaces and recreation

• Since April 2015, a section of the Saar-Hunsrück-Steig long-distance hiking trail has passed the village.
• Numerous hiking trails in and around Mörsdorf

Regular events

• Annual fair or parish fair is celebrated on the last weekend in January.

Web links

Commons : Mörsdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Internet presence of the municipality of Mörsdorf
• 900 years of Mörsdorf
• Local history museum in Mörsdorf
• Geierlay suspension rope bridge
• 360 ° panoramic view in the Mörsdorf district, not far from the village and the rope bridge
• 360 ° panoramic view at the entrance to the suspension bridge (from Mörsdorf) on the Saar-Hunsrück-Steig
• Literature about Mörsdorf in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 57 f . (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved January 28, 2020 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Mörsdorf. Retrieved October 7, 2019 . 
5. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. Retrieved on October 7, 2019 (see Kastellaun, Verbandsgemeinde, penultimate row of results). 
6. ^ Mörsdorf coat of arms declaration
7. ↑ Jessica Kuschnik: The longest suspension bridge hangs in the Hunsrück. In: Rheinische Post . June 10, 2015, accessed January 27, 2020 .  
8. ↑ Longest German suspension bridge opened. In: FAZ.net . October 3, 2015, accessed January 28, 2020 .  
9. ↑ Andrea Lohmann: Suspension bridge almost finished - thrills at a height of 100 meters. (No longer available online.) In: SWR Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz. September 25, 2015, archived from the original on September 25, 2015 ; accessed on January 28, 2020 .  
10. ↑ Gudrun Fünter: television reportage. In: SWR television . September 25, 2015, archived from the original on September 26, 2015 ; accessed on January 28, 2020 (video, 3:07 min.).  
11. ↑ Mörsdorf hiking route in the Hunsrück. Retrieved January 28, 2018 .