Merscheid (Morbach)

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Merscheid is a district of the independent municipality of Morbach in the Hunsrück in Rhineland-Palatinate .

The place has about 400 inhabitants (2019).

Merscheid was granted market rights in 1723 . The Merscheider market is a well-known farmers and animal market in the region.

The coat of arms of the place shows on a green ground and silver ground in the shield base, the Saint George on a right-pointing, silver horse. Saint George wears gold armor and kills a dragon that lies on the ground. Saint George is the parish patron of the Merscheid community.

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Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 26 ″  N , 7 ° 3 ′ 52 ″  E