Morl

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Morl
Municipality Petersberg
Morl coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ 7 ″  N , 11 ° 55 ′ 18 ″  E
Height : 113 m above sea level NN
Area : 9.11 km²
Residents : 889  (March 7, 2019)
Population density : 98 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2010
Postal code : 06193
Area code : 034606
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Morl is a village in the municipality of Petersberg in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany). It consists of the districts of Alaune , Beidersee , Morl and Möderau .

geography

Morl is located north of Halle (Saale) and is about two kilometers from the Saale .

history

Morl belonged to the office of Giebichenstein in the hall circle of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg . With its annexation to Prussia, the place belonged to the Brandenburg-Prussian Duchy of Magdeburg from 1680 .

With the Peace of Tilsit in 1807, the place was incorporated into the Kingdom of Westphalia and assigned to the Halle district in the Saale department. He belonged to the canton of Wettin . After Napoleon's defeat and the end of the Kingdom of Westphalia, Napoleon's allied opponents liberated the Saalkreis in early October 1813. During the political reorganization after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Morl was attached to the Merseburg administrative district of the Prussian province of Saxony in 1816 and assigned to the Saalkreis.

On July 1, 1950, Beidersee and Möderau were incorporated.

Until the formation of the unified community Petersberg on 1 January 2010 Morl was an independent municipality in the Götschetal-Petersberg with the associated districts Beidersee and Möderau and the living space alums. The last honorary mayor of Morls was Ilona Thiemert.

Falko Schmidt has been the honorary local mayor of Morl since August 20, 2014.

Attractions

The menhir of Morl is located near the village . On the eastern edge of Morl is St. George's Church , which in its core dates back to the 13th century . In addition, streets in the town center are designated as a monument area.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In gold over a black shield base covered with three golden wavy threads, a transverse red oak branch with three upright acorns between two upright leaves."

The coat of arms was designed by the local heraldist Frank Jung .

Transport links

Morl is on the L 50 from Halle (Saale) to Könnern . The federal motorway 14 , which leads from Leipzig to Magdeburg , is 3 km north of Morl. Since the shutdown of the Wallwitz – Wettin small railroad via Morl, the next station has been in the neighboring town of Wallwitz .

Personalities

The hymn writer Johann Christian Nehring (1671–1736) died in Morl .

Web links

Commons : Morl  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mention of the place in the book "Geography for all Stands", p. 125
  2. ^ Description of the Saale Department
  3. ^ The hall circle in the municipality register 1900
  4. ^ Morl on gov.genealogy.net
  5. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010