Moritzheim

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '  N , 7 ° 16'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Cochem cell
Association municipality :	Zell (Moselle)
Height :	415 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.02 km 2
Residents:	128 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	32 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56865
Area code :	06545
License plate :	COC, ZEL
Community key :	07 1 35 064
Association administration address:	Corray 1 56856 Zell (Moselle)
Website :	www.zell-mosel.de
Local Mayor :	Adelbert Reis
Location of the Moritzheim community in the Cochem-Zell district

Moritzheim is a municipality in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Zell (Mosel) .

Geographical location

The place is in the Hunsrück at an altitude of about 415  m above sea level. NHN . The distance to the Moselle is approx. 12 km. It can be reached via the state road 98 to Senheim or the nearby federal road 421 to Zell. Parallel to the L 98, the place can also be hiked from Senheim on a partial stage of the Keltenweg Nahe – Mosel .

history

After a major fire in Senheim on August 13, 1839, 30 families who had become homeless founded the "Colony Hoch-Senheim". Soon after completion, the place was renamed Moritzheim after the Prussian district administrator of the Zell district , Friedrich Alexander Moritz . What is remarkable about this development is the regular checkerboard pattern of the place.

23 families emigrated to America in the years of need , 1846–1852. Only five residents stayed in the village at that time.

Moritzheim has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 . By the 8th Administrative Simplification Act of July 28, 1970 with effect from November 7, 1970, the place came from the Verbandsgemeinde Senheim to the Verbandsgemeinde Zell (Mosel) in the Cochem-Zell district.

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 0 1835 134 1871 113 1905 109 1939 131

year Residents 1950 121 1961 118 1970 101 1987 98 2005 156

Municipal council

The municipal council in Moritzheim 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.

Public facilities

• Volunteer firefighter

Web links

Commons : Moritzheim  - collection of images

• Hunsrück Reise: Moritzheim ( Memento from March 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
• Literature about Moritzheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections