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Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′  N , 9 ° 37 ′  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : kassel
County : Schwalm-Eder district
Height : 177 m above sea level NHN
Area : 47.94 km 2
Residents: 3214 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 67 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 34326
Area code : 05664
License plate : HR, FZ, MEG, ZIG
Community key : 06 6 34 015
LOCODE : DE ZCD
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Paul-Frankfurth-Str. 11
34326 Morschen
Website : www.morschen.de
Mayor : Ingo Böhm (Independent)
Location of the municipality of Morschen in the Schwalm-Eder district
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Morschen is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse .

geography

Geographical location

Morschen is located in the Fulda valley south of Kassel and north of Rotenburg on the Fulda and Bebra.

Neighboring communities

Morschen borders in the north on the towns of Melsungen and Spangenberg (both in the Schwalm-Eder district), in the southeast on the municipality of Alheim ( district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg ), in the southwest on the municipality of Knüllwald and in the west on the municipality of Malsfeld (both in Schwalm -Eder circle).

Community structure

The community consists of 7 districts that belonged to the disbanded district of Melsungen before January 1, 1974 .

district Incorporation Residents
Old Morsch July 1, 1971 1,430
Binsförth April 1, 1972 262
Eubach July 1, 1971 161
Heina 1st January 1974 224
Konnefeld 1st January 1974 370
New hay 1st January 1974 694
Weights December 31, 1971 245

history

The municipality of Morschen was formed in the course of the regional reform in Hesse on January 1, 1974 by virtue of state law through the merger of the previously independent municipalities Altmorschen, Heina, Konnefeld and Neumorschen. The municipalities of Binsförth (April 1, 1972), Eubach (July 1, 1971) and Wichte (December 31, 1971) had already been incorporated into the Altmorschen municipality . Altenmorschen became the seat of the municipal administration and local districts were set up for all former municipalities . At the same time as the merger to form the Morschen community, it changed to the newly formed Schwalm-Eder district.

The parish of Morschen in 1997, which was well received in the media, made the community famous throughout Germany.

politics

Community representation

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016
    
A total of 23 seats
Parties and constituencies %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 41.6 10 60.1 14th 62.1 14th 57.8 13
FWG FW Morschen 30.6 7th - - - - - -
FDP Free Democratic Party 16.7 4th 19.0 4th 16.9 4th 18.4 4th
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 11.1 2 20.9 5 21.0 5 19.8 5
GREEN Alliance 90 / The Greens - - - - - - 4.0 1
total 100.0 23 100.0 23 100.0 23 100.0 23
Voter turnout in% 69.7 57.2 56.0 67.4

mayor

After the Hessian municipal constitution is the Mayor Chairman of the Municipal Board , the eight volunteers in the community Morschen next to the Mayor Councilor belong. Mayor has been Ingo Böhm (SPD) since July 1, 2016. His directly elected predecessors were

  • 1998 to 2016 Herbert Wohlgemuth
  • 1974 to 1998 Joachim Kohlhaas

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on May 25, 1981 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior.

Morschen coat of arms
 Blazon : "In the green shield under three and angled by four further silver clover leaves, an oblique left silver vintner's knife, crossed obliquely to the right by a golden lily scepter."
Justification for the coat of arms: The lily scepter is intended to refer to the old Hessian court Morschen and at the same time to the Cistercian Abbey of Haydau, which is important for the community and whose patroness is the Virgin Mary. The winegrower's knife stands for the northernmost viticulture on the Fulda and the seven clover leaves symbolize the seven districts of today's large community.

The design of the coat of arms was in the hands of the Bad Nauheim heraldist Heinz Ritt .

Culture and sights

The entire municipality of Morschen has a wide range of historical and cultural sights. The Haydau Monastery, the historic Marktstrasse in Neumorschen, the late Baroque mansion “Altes Forstamt” and the Jewish cemetery in Binsförth stand out across the region. The fire brigade museum in Altmorschen and the local history museum in Wichte provide information on regional history. The local archive also has a local history exhibition.

Old Morsch

Altmorschen station

The building, which opened in the 1860s, is one of the few restored examples of a railway station from the Wilhelminian era made of red brick (for almost 80 years, like almost all similar stations in Germany, it was whitewashed in the New Objectivity style).

Old forest office

The building, which is also known as the "Poststation" due to its earlier function, is a stately late baroque half-timbered house from the 17th century. The preserved cellars go back to the 13th century. Today there is a hotel and publicly accessible restaurants.

Town hall Morschen

The town hall is housed in the former Raabe court in the center of the historic town center of Altmorschen. It is a half-timbered house from the 18th century with modern extensions.

Old school

The oldest schoolhouse in Morschen and one of the oldest in North Hesse was built in the early 18th century in half-timbered construction. The building served as a primary school until the 1960s. In the 19th century it also housed the forest school.

Old village church

Located in the upper village of Altmorschen, only the tower of the church from around 1200 remained, which was still used for church services until recently. The ruin is surrounded by a cemetery with historical gravestones.

Fire Brigade Museum

The museum outside the old town houses exhibits from the regional fire service history since the 19th century.

Haydau Monastery

Haydau Monastery 2005

Haydau Monastery , a former Cistercian nunnery , built in the middle of the 13th to the beginning of the 14th century and converted into a landgrave's castle in the middle of the 16th and 17th centuries. From 1985 to 2001 the monastery was secured and renovated in a model project.

Under the motto Life • Encounters • Perspectives , Haydau Monastery is used today for meetings, congresses, art, culture, weddings and family celebrations. Every year, many guests visit concerts, exhibitions, seminars, theater, readings, and symposia, just as many families and young couples celebrate their personal celebrations in the rooms of the monastery.

Waltari-Bergmann-Platz

The square, located in the center of Altmorschen, was inaugurated in 2018 on the hundredth birthday of the historian and honorary citizen of Morschen, Waltari Bergmann . In the square there is a monument in honor of the namesake.

Local archive

In the former Schröder house, part of the Haydau domain, rooms have been created to accommodate the local archive, as well as exhibition and meeting rooms. The archive is publicly accessible by appointment. The exhibition is dedicated to a. the Rührfix as an important historical product for Morschen.

Community and school library

The library is open to the public three days a week. It is located in the building of the Georg August Zinn School.

New hay

Dorfaue Neumorschen

On the historically significant Marktstrasse there are mainly gabled half-timbered houses from the 17th and 18th centuries, with the historic Ratskeller with the roof turret standing out in particular . An open water channel runs along the road. In 2012, the 20th century pavilion in the middle of the street was restored.

Fortified church (Neumorschen)

The stone building in Neumorschen from the early 13th century is the oldest church in Morschen, is based on a late Romanesque choir tower and is surrounded by a fortified cemetery from the 15th century. The loopholes in the curtain wall still bear witness to this today. In 1730 a romantic organ with artful carvings was installed on the prospectus.

Hedge mill

The "Heckenmühle" in Neumorschen is a half-timbered building from the early 17th century, first mentioned in 1618. It represents an important testimony to regional economic history.

Obermühle Neumorschen

The Obermühle in Neumorschen is a watermill operated until 1958 on the banks of the Fulda. The building is a half-timbered house, the core of which goes back to the 16th century and has been documented as a mill for just as long.

Ferry port

Rafts from Morschen to Melsungen travel on the Fulda (by arrangement) .

Heina

Historic center of Heina

Half-timbered houses from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries are grouped around a medieval brick fortified church. In accordance with the rural character of the village, the buildings are joined by farms that are still in operation today. A stone court table has been preserved near the church.

Summit cross

According to regional tradition, Boniface is said to have preached in AD 723 south of Heina on an exposed hill high above the Fulda valley. Because of the crowd at his sermon, this hallway is called "crowd". An oak that grew at this point is said to have been felled by Boniface. To commemorate this, a new oak tree was planted in 2001 and a memorial stone with a memorial plaque was put up. At Easter 2012 a new wooden summit cross was erected for prayer. The Way of St. James leads past the cross .

Wildsberghütte

The log house, frequented as a barbecue area and excursion destination, stands on a hill halfway between Heina and Beiseförth (Malsfeld). From there, there is a good view of the Fulda Valley at the foot of the Wildsberg.

Konnefeld

Court square and fortified church

In the center of the town center, which consists of half-timbered houses, is the late Gothic fortified church (15th century), surrounded by a historic cemetery, which served as a courtroom until the 19th century. Due to the rarely good preservation of its architecture and the characteristic village linden trees, it is considered a prime example of such a facility in North Hesse.

Weights

Local history museum Wichte

Since 2019, the association-run museum has housed regional collections on folklore and geology (fossils) in a half-timbered house from the 18th century. It is embedded in the historic center of Wichte.

Binsförth

Jewish Cemetery

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Northern Hesse is located in the Binsförth district . 256 tombstones from the period from 1694 to 1937 are present in the 5540 m² cemetery.

Binsförth Castle

The homestead, also known as the manor, dates back to the 13th century. It is currently run by an ecological company. Public events take place on the site every year.

Eubach

Eubach village church

The village church of Eubach dates from the High Middle Ages and is particularly characterized by its location on a hill.

Schönewald desert with church ruins

Schönewald is a settlement founded in the Middle Ages. It was destroyed and abandoned in the Thirty Years War. In the last few decades the stone foundations of the houses have been exposed and can be viewed; especially the ruins of the old village church stand out.

Natural monuments / trees worth seeing

  • Historic linden tree (natural monument, on the Halberge, Neumorschen)
  • Giant sequoia (Am Galgenbusch, Altmorschen)
  • Giant sequoia (Obere Strasse, Heina)

The tree stands on the edge of the district in an open field. It was planted in the second half of the 20th century and is one of the rare examples of these giant North American trees in northern Hesse.

  • Boniface oak (In the crowd, Heina)
  • Murder Beech (Wildsbergweg, Heina)

The murder beech, a dead tree rib, was evidence of a historical murder case reconstructed by Waltari Bergmann in the early 19th century. After the dead tree fell, the notice board was attached to an adjacent beech tree and an information board was added. The square is halfway between Heina and Beiseförth (Malsfeld).

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

View from the Fuldatalbrücke Morschen to the community

Morschen is on the federal highway 83 ( Kassel - Bebra ). It is approx. 11 km to the A 7 motorway (Kassel– Würzburg ), Malsfeld junction (83). The community belongs to the North Hessian Transport Association . You can take the regional train from Altmorschen station on the Bebra-Baunatal-Guntershausen railway line to the Kassel regional center every hour in around 40 minutes during the day.

West view of the Fulda bridge

The Fulda valley bridge on the ICE high-speed line from Hanover to Würzburg spans the Fulda valley between Binsförth and Alt- / Neumorschen at a maximum height of 75 m above ground.

energy

South of the Wichte district is one of the four crossings of 110 kV traction power lines in Germany, namely the Fulda – Körle traction power line crosses the Borken – Bebra traction power line (see also the list of traction power systems in Germany ).

The Fulda – Körle railway power line passes under the Borken – Bebra railway power line

Bike trails

The following cycle paths lead through the municipality :

Companies

The largest employer in the municipality is a civil engineering and road construction company. A colorful range of craft businesses and specialty shops enriches the job offer on site.

A three-star hotel and various restaurants and pensions offer overnight accommodation.

primary care

The basic supply of daily necessities (food, beverages, baked goods and drugstore goods) is guaranteed, as is medical care with general and dental practices and the pharmacy located in the community.

In the largest district of Altmorschen there is a municipal administration, a central elementary school (with a gym), a kindergarten (another kindergarten is located in the Neumorschen district), a post office, a bank and a savings bank .

Sports facilities in Alt- and Neumorschen, Binsförth and Konnefeld complement the leisure activities in the wooded community.

Personalities

Associated with rot

Honorary citizen

literature

Web links

Commons : Morschen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Morschen  - Travel Guide

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
  2. ^ Morschen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts Fritzlar-Homberg, Melsungen and Ziegenhain (GVBl. II 330-22) of September 28, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1973 No. 25 , p. 356 , §§ 14 and 27 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
  4. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  5. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
  6. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
  7. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Direct elections in Morschen
  8. ↑ Invitation to the inauguration of Mayor Ingo Böhm ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on July 28, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.morschen.de
  9. ↑ Approval documents in the HStA Marburg Coll. 6, Catalog 1, No. 254
  10. ↑ Binsförth (Morschen community, Schwalm-Eder district) Jewish cemetery at alemannia-judaica.de
  11. ↑ How the Rührfix came to Morschen. In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine (HNA) from September 25, 2015.
  12. ^ Advertisements by Eugen Mahler. Trauer.HNA.de, accessed on February 2, 2019 .