Mörshausen (Homberg)

Mörshausen City of Homberg (Efze) Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 30 ″ N , 9 ° 26 ′ 42 ″ E
Height :	314 (307-325) m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.92 km²
Residents :	229
Population density :	47 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st February 1971
Postal code :	34576
Area code :	05681
	View from the Katterbachtal

Mörshausen has been a district of Homberg (Efze) in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse since 1971 .

geography

The place is about 3 km northeast of Homberg on the northern foothills of the Knüllgebirge on the Werrberg. The Katterbach rises near the village. The Sauerburg estate is also within the boundaries of the village . The Efzepforte landscape protection area extends south of Mörshausen.

history

Protestant church

Mörshausen was first mentioned as Meinhardeshusen in 1209, when the Petristift in Fritzlar documented income there. The village, which probably fell into desolation towards the end of the 14th century and was not settled again around a hundred years later, was owned by the Hersfeld Abbey , later the Landgrave of Hesse , but other secular and clerical lords also had allod and fiefdoms and income in the village - especially until its dissolution in 1527, the monastery of St. Georg in Homberg, then the lords of Holzsadel , von Wallenstein and von Baumbach .

Historical place names

The spelling of the place name changed over the centuries from variations of the original Meinhardeshusen (1209), which were in use until the end of the 14th century, to the variations of today's Mörshausen, which appeared since the end of the 15th century .

Territorial reform

On February 1, 1971 as part of the Mörshausen was municipal reform in Hesse on a voluntary basis as part of the town Homberg, district Kassel, today Homberg (Efze) , incorporated .

population

Population development

Source: Historical local dictionary

• around 1490:	2 defensive men (1 plow)
• 1537:	5 Huebner
• 1639:	6 married, 1 widowed house seat
• 1742:	14 house seats
• 1745:	14 house seats

Mörshausen: Population from 1768 to 1967
year		Residents
1768	92
1834	158
1840	151
1846	192
1852	196
1858	212
1864	216
1871	224
1875	212
1885	205
1895	207
1905	182
1910	191
1925	217
1939	240
1946	353
1950	342
1956	300
1961	269
1967	209
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1861:	all residents evangelically reformed
• 1885:	205 Protestant (= 100.00%) residents
• 1961:	215 Protestant (= 79.93%), 47 Catholic (= 17.47%) residents

Gainful employment

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1961:

Labor force: 70 agriculture and forestry, 47 manufacturing, 6 trade and transport, 8 services and other.

Personalities

Ferdinand Jakob Siebert (1791–1847 or 1848), theologian, Germanist, folklorist, fairy tale collector; was pastor in Mörshausen.

literature

Literature about Mörshausen in the Hessian Bibliography
Search for Mörshausen (Homberg) in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library

Web links

Mörshausen. In: website. City of Homberg (Efze); accessed in May 2019
Mörshausen (Homberg), Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mörshausen (Homberg), Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ Mörshausen. In: website. City of Homberg (Efze), accessed May 2019 .
↑ Efzepforte at Homberg
↑ Meinhartshusen, Meinhershusen (1276), Meynhardeshusen (1304), Menars-, Meinhart-, Meinershusen (1310), Meynartshasuen (1339), Menhartshusen (1352) and Meynhartishusin (1383).
↑ Mershusen (1479), Mershausen (1481), Mershausen (n) (1537) and Moershausenn (1587).
^ Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , item 328, paragraph 55 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 391 .

[lagis-1] Mörshausen (Homberg), Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[DF-2] Mörshausen. In: website. City of Homberg (Efze), accessed May 2019 .

[3] Efzepforte at Homberg

[4] Meinhartshusen, Meinhershusen (1276), Meynhardeshusen (1304), Menars-, Meinhart-, Meinershusen (1310), Meynartshasuen (1339), Menhartshusen (1352) and Meynhartishusin (1383).

[5] Mershusen (1479), Mershausen (1481), Mershausen (n) (1537) and Moershausenn (1587).

[6] Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , item 328, paragraph 55 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).

[7] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 391 .