Mörsch

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Mörsch
City of Rheinstetten
Former Mörsch municipal coat of arms
Coordinates: 48 ° 57 ′ 41 ″  N , 8 ° 17 ′ 29 ″  E
Height : 116 m above sea level NN
Area : 16.81 km²
Residents : 8861  (December 31, 2014)
Population density : 527 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 76287
Area code : 07242

Mörsch is one of the three districts of Rheinstetten in the west of Baden-Württemberg and has around 8,800 inhabitants. The area of ​​the marking is 1681 hectares and is therefore the largest district of Rheinstetten in terms of area.

geography

Mörsch is located in the Upper Rhine Plain at the transition from the Hochgestade to the Tiefgestade and takes up most of the Rheinstetten area. In the east there are parts of the Hardt Forest , in the west there are some fields and nature reserves. To the west of the populated area of ​​Mörsch is the tank trench, which dates back to the Second World War .

The following places or districts border Mörsch, starting from the north in a clockwise direction: Forchheim (district of Rheinstetten), Ettlingen , Durmersheim , Neuburgweier (district of Rheinstetten).

history

Catholic parish church of St. Ulrich

The name Mörsch probably goes back to ahd. 'Marisk', which means something like "in marshy, wet land".

In Roman times , a road led from the Rhine past Mörsch to Ettlingen . Sculptures of gods and an altar as well as clay dishes were found in the Mörscher forest. There was also a Roman burial ground.

In 940 Mörsch is mentioned for the first time as "Meriske" in a deed of gift from King Otto I to the diocese of Speyer . Afterwards it became the property of the Weißenburg monastery , later Mörsch belonged to the Baden margraves. At the end of the 19th century a local railway was built for the workers, which made a connection to Karlsruhe . In the south the train went on to Durmersheim . The line is comparable to today's S2. Large parts of Mörsch were destroyed during the Second World War. After that, the former village was rebuilt very quickly and took off again.

On January 1, 1975, Mörsch was merged with Forchheim and Neuburgweier to form the municipality of Rheinstetten, which received city rights in 2000 and has been able to call itself a major district town since 2005 .

The two Bundesliga motoball clubs MSC Taifun Mörsch and 1st MSC Mörsch 1962 come from Mörsch .

Personalities

Honorary citizens of Mörsch are:

  • 1966, January 26: Bernhard Rihm, Mayor of Mörsch 1946–1965
  • 1968: Linus Ball, local councilor and coroner

Web links

Commons : Mörsch (Rheinstetten)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maria Diemer: The place names of the districts of Karlsruhe and Bruchsal. Publications of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg; Row B Volume 36; P. 43f
  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. 482 .
  3. ↑ Honorary Citizen .