Merschbach

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Association municipality :	Thalfang at the Erbeskopf
Height :	280 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.2 km 2
Residents:	72 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	23 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54426
Area code :	06504
License plate :	WIL, BKS
Community key :	07 2 31 083
Association administration address:	Saarstrasse 7 ; 54424 Thalfang
Website :	www.erbeskopf.de
Mayoress :	Iris Hornberg
Location of the local community Merschbach in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich

Merschbach

Merschbach im Hunsrück is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Thalfang am Erbeskopf . The place is on the Merschbacher Bach, which flows into the Dhron .

history

Merschbach was first mentioned in a document in 1281, which then belonged to the Counts of Hunolstein . Due to the turmoil of the French Revolution , the place came under French rule around 1800 and became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 . Since 1946 the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Population development

Since the 1970s, the population of the community has fallen sharply; Merschbach had 109 inhabitants when the Verbandsgemeinde Thalfang am Erbeskopf was formed in 1970, but at the end of 2010 it was only 48.

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

year	Residents
1815	110
1835	138
1871	104
1905	113
1939	127
1950	100
1961	90

year	Residents
1970	109
1987	71
1997	48
2005	34
2010	48
2015	58

Municipal council

The municipal council in Merschbach consists of six council members who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. Iris Hornberg has been the incumbent since 2004.