Morschheim

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '  N , 8 ° 1'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Donnersbergkreis
Association municipality :	Kirchheimbolanden
Height :	302 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.5 km 2
Residents:	729 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	112 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67294
Area code :	06352
License plate :	KIB, ROK
Community key :	07 3 33 047
Association administration address:	Neue Allee 2 67292 Kirchheimbolanden
Website :	www.kirchheimbolanden.de
Local Mayor :	Timo Markus Wahl
Location of the local community Morschheim in the Donnersbergkreis

Morschheim is a municipality on the upper Selz in the Donnersbergkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Kirchheimbolanden community .

To Morschheim includes the living places on Stone Mountain and train station Morschheim.

climate

The weather is mostly sunny and warm, sometimes a bit dry. The reasons for this are the protected location in the east of the Donnersberg and the altitude of around 302  m above sea level. NHN . The "Morschheimer Wind" from the west is a disadvantage.

history

The place name was first mentioned in 1157 in the spelling "Morscheym".

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Morschheim consists of twelve council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

The local mayor is Timo Markus Wahl. In the local election on May 26, 2019, he was elected with 62.63% of the vote. His predecessor was Joachim Fister, who had held the office for 25 years.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Saint Mauritius in gold, nimbed in silver, in silver armor with a red cross on his chest, with his right hand leaning on a blue shield, in it a silver eagle, in the left a silver flag of the cross with a red cross."
	Foundation of the coat of arms: It was awarded in 1950 by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior and goes back to a seal from the beginning of the 15th century. The local church was dedicated to St. Mauritius . The eagle comes from the coat of arms of the Leininger , who were former local lords.

Regular events

In Morschheim place at Carnival , a carnival procession held. In addition, the summer night festival and the Morschheim Mauritius festival ( Kerwe ) are held every year .

Economy and Infrastructure

Protestant Church Morschheim

In the cross state roads 401 and 446. Two ports of the south-east extending A 63 ( Kaiserslautern - Mainz ) can be reached km within 3 to 4

In Kirchheimbolanden there is a train station on the Donnersbergbahn . The place once had its own train station , which has since been closed and has only served as a depot ever since . The district of the same name is reminiscent of the train station.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Johann von Morschheim († 1516), poet and official from the Electoral Palatinate
• August Schäfer (1890–1977), Member of the State Parliament

People who worked on site

• Claudius Mauritius von Gagern (1696–1758); Freiherr , local lord of Morschheim and founder of the southern German line of his family. Lived and died here, epitaph in the local church.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Morschheim

Web links

Commons : Morschheim  - Collection of Images

• Website of the local community Morschheim
• Local community Morschheim on the website of the association community Kirchheimbolanden
• Literature about Morschheim 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 (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 91 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Morschheim. Retrieved August 30, 2019 . 
4. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Kirchheimbolanden, Verbandsgemeinde, twelfth line of results. Retrieved August 30, 2019 .