Mosbach

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′  N , 11 ° 49 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Thuringia
County :	Saale-Orla district
Management Community :	Lake district
Height :	450 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.73 km 2
Residents:	413 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	42 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	07907
Area code :	036648
License plate :	SOK, LBS, PN, SCZ
Community key :	16 0 75 068
Association administration address:	Schleizer Str. 17 07907 Oettersdorf
Website :	www.mossbach.de
Mayoress :	Gisela Krösel
Location of the municipality of Moßbach in the Saale-Orla district

View of the place

Moßbach is a municipality in the Lake District administrative community in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia .

geography

Moßbach is located with the incorporated district of Reinsdorf in a hollow of a high plateau of the southeast Thuringian slate mountains, framed by the forest and lakes of the lake district. In addition, the federal highway 9 cuts through the boundaries of both places. The places can be easily reached via a local road.

geology

Both the districts of Moßbach and Reinsdorf are in the south-east Thuringian slate mountains. These soils with a high proportion of fine earth and a high humus content are productive and safe under the existing climatic conditions.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are: Dittersdorf , Plothen , Neustadt an der Orla , and Tegau .

history

Moßbach was first mentioned in 1326 as Mosebach . The name comes from the stream flowing through Moßbach, which was noticeably overgrown with moss. The green in the town center indicates that it was a typical Slavic settlement.

There were two manors in Moßbach, the larger of the two was founded in 1699 by the von Schütz family. In 1923 the tenant Max Schmeißer managed the manor with 182 hectares . The other 100 hectare estate was managed by Mr. Neuenhoff from Triptis.

During the Second World War , workers from Poland had to do forced labor on the manors .

Both goods were illegally expropriated after the Second World War following the decisions of the Soviet victorious power and later of the GDR. The land and the inventory were given over to poor farmers and resettlers.

Village church Moßbach

Attractions

• Village church Moßbach

Economy and Infrastructure

The place is characterized by agriculture. After the fall of the Wall , new forms of agricultural work were found. The favorable location for the motorway exit also brought investors to the village.

Population development

After the Second World War , Moßbach briefly had over 900 inhabitants. However, after the restructuring of agriculture, the population steadily decreased.

Development of the population (December 31st each) :

1994: 460 1995: 450 1996: 453 1997: 473 1998: 464 1999: 453

2000: 444 2001: 441 2002: 441 2003: 443 2004: 439 2005: 439

2006: 431 2007: 431 2008: 428 2009: 415 2010: 409 2011: 413

2012: 425 2013: 411 2014: 405 2015: 399 2016: 399 2017: 398

2018: 411

Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics

traffic

The Moßbach station (b Neustadt / Orla) was on the Triptis – Marxgrün line . This is shut down.

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided by a blue wavy thread from silver over gold; above a green plow and below a black, gold crowned and armored eagle's head, each with a green ear. "

For about 40 years Moßbach had a coat of arms that a good draftsman probably designed. In the GDR times it was not listed in the seal. The reason was the lack of heraldic justification. It was therefore only symbolic even after the fall of the Wall. In 1999 the community commissioned the graphic artist Manfred Fischer from Goßwitz to design a new heraldic coat of arms for Moßbach, which was then also decided by the local council.

The plow and ears of corn in the coat of arms refer to the predominantly agricultural character of the place, while the wave thread refers to the brook that gave it its name. The coat of arms of the Schütz von Moßbach shows in gold a black eagle head with a golden crown, which was adopted in the municipal coat of arms.

flag

The municipality's flag is striped green and yellow and bears the municipal coat of arms.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Moßbach

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Manfred Graf: Organization of the cooperative plant production with a high proportion of grassland in the southeast Thuringian slate mountains. Shown at the KOG "Lobenstein". 1970, (Jena, University, dissertation, 1970; typed).
3. ↑ Norbert Moczarski , Bernhard Post, Katrin Weiss (ed.): Forced labor in Thuringia 1940–1945. Sources from the state archives of the Free State of Thuringia (= sources on the history of Thuringia. 19). State Center for Political Education Thuringia, Erfurt 2002, ISBN 3-931426-67-X , p. 258.