Morschreuth

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The village of Morschreuth is a district of the Gößweinstein market in Franconian Switzerland . With approx. 310 inhabitants, it is one of the largest districts in the municipality. Right next to the village, but not in the municipality, is the 575 meter high Röthelfels .

history

Morschreuth must have already existed in 930, because the Old High German name "Mosrod" for Morschreuth has been handed down from that year. This name gives information about the soil shape at that time. The two parts of the name mos for bog or swamp and rod for clearing together result in the term clearing in the bog. The water of the boggy area is said to have dried up later due to eruptions in the earth, as evidenced by numerous sinkholes , and drained the area around Morschreuth. The arable land gained in this way remains sparse.

Morschreuth originally belonged to the Catholic parish of Pretzfeld and later to Wichsenstein . During the reform movement, Morschreuth came into the possession of the Lutheran knight Stiebar von Pretzfeld on July 15, 1615 and became Protestant. Since the bishop of Bamberg did not want to accept this, however, in 1622 the preacher Johannes Müller was driven out of the neighboring town of Moggast by force on the bishop's orders . Because some of the parishioners stubbornly refused to become Catholics again, those responsible did not shrink from using violence.

Until 1936 and from 1945 Morschreuth was an independent municipality with its own mayor. In the course of the regional reform, Morschreuth was incorporated into the Gößweinstein market on May 1, 1978.

Hail holiday

The hail holiday dates back to around the year 1840. At that time, on the Thursday after Corpus Christi, the grain harvest was destroyed during a major storm with hailstorms. The congregation made a vow to hold a day of atonement and atonement with a procession to Moggast on this day . When this custom was neglected for the first time in a few decades, an even stronger storm is said to have occurred on the same day. Since then, atonement has been celebrated every year with a procession and a devotion for field crops at the altars, which are richly decorated by the villagers.

societies

The numerous active clubs enrich village life with their events.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 684 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 45 '  N , 11 ° 16'  E