Morsbach (Schleiden)

Morsbach City of Schleiden Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 46 ″ N , 6 ° 26 ′ 48 ″ E
Height :	520 m
Residents :	344 (Oct 31, 2015)
Postal code :	53937
Area code :	02444
Location of Morsbach in North Rhine-Westphalia
	Morsbach 2015, view from the south-east.

Morsbach is a district of Schleiden in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Euskirchen .

location

Dreiborn plateau

Morsbach is located in the Rureifel , northwest of Schleiden , not far from the border with Belgium on the Dreiborn plateau above the Urft valley in the Eifel National Park . The Morsbach of the same name rises on the western edge of the village , which runs in a northerly direction and flows into the Urfttalsperre . To the west lies the Dreiborn plateau and north of Morsbach, beyond the Morsbach, is the former Vogelsang Ordensburg .

history

In the 14th century Morsbach belonged to the Jülich subordinate Dreiborn .

Until the reorganization of the communities and districts of the reorganization area Aachen, which came into effect on January 1, 1972, Morsbach belonged to the Dreiborn community, which was dissolved at the same time.

Sights and culture

Village street, in the background the Modenhübel

High altitude with a wide view from Modenhübel over the Urft valley, the nearby Eifel National Park and the Dreiborn plateau.

Urfttalsperre

former NS-Ordensburg Vogelsang

Morsbachtal nature reserve west of Morsbach

Lively club life connects Morsbach with the neighboring town of Herhahn .

traffic

Morsbach is on the B 266 . The next motorway junctions are Bad Münstereifel / Mechernich on the A 1 and Aachen-Lichtenbusch on the A 44 . The place can be reached by public transport via the L.63, (National Park Line), Simmerath - Einruhr - Vogelsang (- Schleiden) from the AVV area and via the SB82, (National Park Shuttle) Kall - Gemünd - Vogelsang and L.831 Schleiden - Gemünd - Dreiborn accessible from the RVS area .

Web links

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

Panoramic view from Modenhübel near Morsbach

Individual evidence

^ Ewald Gläßer: The natural space units on sheet 122/123 Cologne Aachen . In: Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landeskunde und Raumordnung (Ed.): Geographische Landesaufnahme 1: 200000 Natural Spatial Structure Germany . Self-published, Bad Godesberg 1978 ( online, PDF [accessed on February 16, 2016] high Venn, German share, map of geographic land survey, natural structure, see here part 282).
↑ Law on the reorganization of the municipalities and districts of the reorganization area Aachen (Aachen Law) of December 14, 1971, § 9

[1] Ewald Gläßer: The natural space units on sheet 122/123 Cologne Aachen . In: Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landeskunde und Raumordnung (Ed.): Geographische Landesaufnahme 1: 200000 Natural Spatial Structure Germany . Self-published, Bad Godesberg 1978 ( online, PDF [accessed on February 16, 2016] high Venn, German share, map of geographic land survey, natural structure, see here part 282).

[2] Law on the reorganization of the municipalities and districts of the reorganization area Aachen (Aachen Law) of December 14, 1971, § 9