Morshausen

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′  N , 7 ° 26 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Hunsrück district
Association municipality :	Hunsrück-Middle Rhine
Height :	334 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.56 km 2
Residents:	346 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	46 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56283
Area code :	02605
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Community key :	07 1 40 205
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 1 56281 Emmelshausen
Website :	www.morshausen.de
Local Mayor :	Hans-Peter Friedrich
Location of the local community Morshausen in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

Jakob Kneip Museum and Church

Morshausen is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Hunsrück-Mittelrhein community .

geography

Morshausen is six kilometers from the Moselle and ten kilometers from Emmelshausen at an altitude of 334 m.

The Haus auf dem Bröhl residential area also belongs to Morshausen .

history

A fragment of a Neolithic (approx. 4400 to 2200 BC) oval rock ax , which is 9.3 cm in length and 6.4 cm in width, certainly testifies to settlement activities of early arable farmers. The ax that was found a few hundred meters west of the village is made of Devonian quartzite, which is found nearby. Similar stone ax finds were discovered by members of the ARRATA archeology association in the neighboring villages of Beulich, Macken and Mermuth. Various readings from the Roman era (roof tiles, ceramics, etc.) near the village are to be seen as evidence of an estate (villa rustica). In the surrounding forests you can find grave gardens that reflect the typical Roman customs of the dead in the Hunsrück.

Morshausen used to belong to the Gallscheid court of the Electorate of Trier .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

The local mayor is Hans-Peter Friedrich. No candidate ran in the local elections on May 26, 2019; he was re-elected by the local council on July 11, 2019.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Above a shield base, in it a golden stutzwecken, in a silver field a black, left-facing swivel fountain."

tourism

Attractions

The swivel fountain was built in the 15th century by a Hungarian countess who married at the Ehrenburg in the style of the Hungarian puszta fountain . The wooden construction has since been renewed at regular intervals by the community and can still be viewed in Brunnenstrasse. The Stutzweck results from the legacy of a Morshausen resident from the year 1782. He bequeathed his fortune to the community with the stipulation that he could acquire a good field, use the rent to bake stutzwecken during Holy Week and buy wine.

The 500-year-old Jakob-Kneip-Eiche at the western end of Jakob-Kneip-Straße was named after the local poet in 1951. It has a trunk circumference of 6 meters.

The statue of the Virgin Mary erected next to the oak was created in the same year by his friend Eugen Keller (painter) for his 70th birthday.

Hiking trails

The premium hiking trail Saar-Hunsrück-Steig and its dream loop Murscher Eselsche run through the village; The parking lot at the end of Jakob-Kneip-Straße is suitable as a starting point and destination. There is a refuge and a children's playground.

Personalities

Morshausen is the birthplace of the local poet Jakob Kneip .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Morshausen
• List of natural monuments in Morshausen

Web links

Commons : Morshausen  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the community of Morshausen
• Literature about Morshausen 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. 36 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ Wolfgang Welker: First insights into the Michelsberg culture in the Hunsrück - newly discovered Neolithic stone axes from the Vorderhunsrück, in: Adventure Archeology, Issue 8, 2007, pp. 24–31, ISSN  1615-7125
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Municipal Council Election 2019 Morshausen. Retrieved October 5, 2019 . 
5. ↑ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, Verbandsgemeinde, last line of results. Retrieved October 5, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Election supervisor for the local community council election Hausbay: Information for residents about the constituent community council meeting of the local community Morshausen on July 11, 2019. Official Journal of the Emmelshausen community, edition 30/2019, accessed on October 5, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Dream Loop
8. ↑ Saar-Hunsrücksteig with dream loops