Moos (Bühl)

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City of Bühl
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Coordinates: 48 ° 43 ′ 6 ″  N , 8 ° 4 ′ 1 ″  E
Height : 127 m above sea level NN
Area : 5.48 km²
Residents : 808  (2012)
Population density : 147 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 77815
Area code : 07227
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Location of Bühl in the Rastatt district
Catholic Parish Church of St. Dionys
Catholic Parish Church of St. Dionys

Moos is a district of the Baden city of Bühl .

geography

Geographical location

Moos is located at a height of 127 meters in the Rhine valley , around six kilometers west of the Bühl city center. The settlement was built on the remainder of a low terrace created by the waters of the Kinzig-Murg channel . The Acherner Mühlbach runs east of it . The landscape around the place is determined by agriculture.

Neighboring villages

The following villages border the village of Moos. They are called clockwise starting in the north:

Hildmannsfeld (Rheinmünster), Oberbruch (Bühl) , Balzhofen (Bühl) and Zell (Ottersweier) , Unzhurst (Ottersweier), Scherzheim (Lichtenau) and Lichtenau .

history

Early history

It is believed that the settlement is of high medieval origin. The first mention can be found in a document from the Schwarzach monastery from 1325. Stone Age splits and pre-Roman shards are present on archaeological finds . The name Moos is derived from the Low German word "moor", which means something like "swampy lowland". It is attributed to the nature of the soil in the area before settlement. The development of the settlement is determined by the Schwarzach Monastery, in whose immunity district Moos was located. From the end of the Middle Ages, sovereign rulers were the margraves of Baden .

Incorporation

On January 1, 1973, Moos was incorporated into the city of Bühl.

Population development

Population sorted by year.

year on inhabitants
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1622 150
1661 162
1761 337
1789 394
1826 562
1839 596
1871 558
1900 545
1961 537
1970 600
2012 808

literature

  • State archives office Baden-Württemberg, district Rastatt and state media center Baden-Württemberg (ed.): District descriptions of the state of Baden-Württemberg - The district of Rastatt. Volume 1, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-7995-1364-7 , p. 381 ff., In particular 424-427
  • Karl Reinfried: Mooser Pfarrchronik, self-published
  • Dionys Höß: Moos in the 19th Century - Between Tradition and New Beginning, self-published

Web links

Commons : Moss  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Moos on the website of the city of Bühl

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg, Landkreis Rastatt and Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg (ed.): District descriptions of the state of Baden-Württemberg - The district of Rastatt. Volume 1, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-7995-1364-7 , p. 424
  2. ^ 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. 493 .