Morscholz

Morscholz City of Wadern
	Coordinates: 49 ° 33 ′ 33 ″ N , 6 ° 51 ′ 40 ″ E
Height :	324 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.36 km²
Residents :	908 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	143 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66687
Area code :	06871
Location of Morscholz in Saarland

Morscholz is a district of the city of Wadern in the Merzig-Wadern district in northern Saarland ( Germany ).

geography

Location of Morscholz in the city of Wadern

Morscholz is located in the Black Forest high forest in the Moselle-Franconian language area. The Wahnbach , a right tributary of the Prims, flows through the village .

Districts

Morscholz is divided into Upper and Lower Morscholz. The two independent communities were united on October 1, 1937. An optical spatial separation between them can no longer be made out today.

history

Morscholz was first mentioned in a document in 1098, when Emperor Heinrich IV confirmed his possessions to St. Simeon's monastery. Prehistoric finds show that the place was settled much earlier.

Politically, Morscholz has belonged to two different territorial rulers since the Middle Ages: Untermorscholz to the Electorate of Trier , Obermorscholz to the imperial rule Dagstuhl . After the Congress of Vienna (1815) the place was within the circle Merzig in Trier under Prussian administration. The municipalities of Ober- and Untermorscholz were assigned to the mayor's office in Wadern .

The separation of the Saar area from the German Reich on the basis of the Versailles Treaty in 1919 led to the formation of the remaining Merzig-Wadern district , which continued to belong to the Trier administrative district and the Rhine province .

After the Second World War , the now unified Morscholz became part of the French occupation zone in July 1945 . On July 18, 1946, the French military government under General Kœnig issued the “ Order regarding the connection of municipalities to the administration of the Saar area”. Since then Morscholz has belonged to the separated Saarland .

As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Morscholz was dissolved on January 1, 1974 and assigned to the new municipality, from 1978 town of Wadern.

politics

Local council

Results of the local council elections on May 25, 2014:

CDU : 67.0%, 7 seats
SPD : 28.5%, 2 seats

Mayor

Since the territorial reform in 1974:

Matthias Maus (1968 to 1974)
Josef Lauer (1974 to 1987)
Willibald Steuer (1988 to 1994)
Siegfried Meyer (1994 to 2000)
Hans-Peter Großmann (2000 to 2004)
Siegfried Meyer (2004 to 2007)
Hans-Peter Großmann (2007 to 2009)
Markus Wollscheid, CDU (from 2009)

Town twinning

Since 1991 the districts of Morscholz and Steinberg have maintained a town partnership with Wahrenbrück (state of Brandenburg ) for the town of Wadern .

coat of arms

The coat of arms was designed by Willy Weinen: At the top left on silver a red cross, the coat of arms of the Electorate of Trier for Untermorscholz. At the top right a silver bell on blue, symbolizing the 500-year-old St. Mary's bell in the Morscholz church. At the bottom left, on green, a silver wave bar for the Morscholz brook and a golden millstone, reminiscent of several mills in Morscholz. A black St. Andrew's cross on gold is shown at the bottom right. Obermorscholz formerly belonged to the Dagstuhl lordship with the counts from the Saarbrücken family who carried this coat of arms.

Culture and sights

Ecclesiastically, Morscholz belongs to the Steinberg parish , which forms a pastoral care unit with the Löstertal and Wadrill parishes . The church “St. Wolfgang ”with a medieval tower has a Marienbell, which was cast in 1491 and could only be saved from being transported away and thus from melting down during the turmoil of World War II through the courageous intervention of some Morscholz citizens. So it still does its job today without any problems. In 1993, the previously 2-stage bell was extended to include a bell dedicated to St. Joseph and the Good Shepherd, and the previously manual bell was converted into an automatic one. The branch church was built in Baroque style (the main portal shows the year 1750) and was last rebuilt and expanded in 1934. "St. Wolfgang ”is designated as an architectural monument .

Noteworthy is the small pilgrimage chapel "Bildchen", located outside the village near the L 151 and built around 1840, which is also well visited by the surrounding villages.

Northwest of Morscholz is the 46.5 ha large nature reserve Upper Wahnbachtal , which is under state protection since 10 December 2002. The 152.3 hectare nature reserve Noswendeler Bruch extends to the south . It has been protected since September 15, 1986.

Events

Bookenzug (Shrove Tuesday)
Marienkirmes (early September, with tractor pulling on fair Monday)

societies

The most important clubs in alphabetical order:

Elderly care and support association Morscholz
Mining and ironworkers' association Morscholz
DRK local group Morscholz
Morscholz Local and Cultural Association
Church choir St. Wolfgang Morscholz
Morscholz Music Association
Morscholz Fruit and Horticultural Association
SGM (youth)
Sports club Morscholz
Morscholz tennis club
Morscholz table football club
Gymnastics Club Morscholz
Association of Morscholz
VdK Steinberg - Morscholz

Economy and Infrastructure

Morscholz has a town house, a village square, a sports field, a tennis facility, a fire station , a kindergarten and a children's playground.

media

Saarbrücker Zeitung
Wochenspiegel Hochwald
Official notice of the city of Wadern

Web links

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

literature

Literature on Morscholz in the Saarland Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b data and facts on www.stadt-wadern.de
^ Restructuring Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, § 34, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 855 (PDF page 27; 499 kB)
^ 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. 804 f .
↑ Matthias Maus was mayor of the independent municipality of Morscholz from 1968 to 1974

[daten-1] ta and facts on www.stadt-wadern.de

[2] Restructuring Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, § 34, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 855 (PDF page 27; 499 kB)

[3] 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. 804 f .

[4] Matthias Maus was mayor of the independent municipality of Morscholz from 1968 to 1974