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New hay community Morschen Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 49 ″ N , 9 ° 36 ′ 19 ″ E
Height :	183 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.01 km²
Residents :	694 (2014)
Population density :	173 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	34326
Area code :	05664
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Neumorschen is a district of the municipality of Morschen in the north Hessian Schwalm-Eder district .

geography

Neumorschen is located in the east of the district on the foothills of the Knüllgebirge on the west bank of the Fulda and its tributary Wichte . State road 3225 runs through the village .

Altmorschen lies on the opposite side of the river . The federal highway 83 and the Bebra-Baunatal-Guntershausen railway of the former Friedrich-Wilhelms-Nordbahn run along the Fulda .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1259 as Novo Morsne . It belonged to the Spangenberg office and had market rights very early on. Furthermore, the jurisdiction in Neumorschen was located in the Fulda valley, which is reflected in the lily scepter of the old municipal coat of arms. One church was mentioned in 1464. In the Middle Ages, jurisdiction lay with the Haydau Monastery .

During the time of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia (1807-1813) Neumorschen was the capital of the canton of Neumorschen and seat of the justice of the peace . After the restoration of the Electorate of Hesse in 1814, the village again belonged to the Spangenberg office. As a result of the Hessian administrative reform of 1821, Neumorschen then belonged to the Melsungen district .

In the 20th century and especially after the two world wars , general and livestock markets took place again and again.

Territorial reform

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 Morchen community, it changed to the newly formed Schwalm-Eder district.

Population development

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1585:	104 households
• 1747:	88 households

Neumorschen: Population from 1834 to 2014
year		Residents
1834	707
1840	705
1846	752
1852	700
1858	643
1864	653
1871	607
1875	605
1885	580
1895	578
1905	581
1910	612
1925	628
1939	664
1946	1.102
1950	1,082
1956	974
1961	939
1967	912
1970	825
2011	696
2014	694
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Further sources:; ; Morschen community

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885:	551 Protestant (= 95.00%), no Catholic, 11 other denominational Christian (= 1.90%), 17 Jewish (= 2.93%) residents
• 1961:	810 Protestant (= 86.26%), 112 Catholic (= 11.93%) residents

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a split shield. In front in red is a golden judge's staff ( lily scepter ), behind in white a vine knife pointing downwards.

Attractions

On the historically significant Marktstrasse there are mainly gabled half-timbered buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries, with the historic Ratskeller particularly prominent. An open gully runs along the road. In 2012 the pavilion in the middle of the street was restored.
The fortified church Neumorschen stands 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. A scallop shell adorns the south entrance and refers to the former Jacob's pilgrimage route. During the last building renovation, several windows were uncovered inside on a late medieval wall painting, on which, among other things, a man of sorrows is shown with an adoring donor.
The Heckenmühle was first mentioned in 1618.
Obermühle Neumorschen

Market street
Marktstrasse with the historic Ratskeller
Fortified church

societies

Neumorschen volunteer fire department
TSV Neumorschen
Schützenverein KKSV Neumorschen 1928 eV

literature

Literature about Neumorschen in the Hessian Bibliography
Search for Neumorschen in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library

Web links

Commons : Neumorschen - collection of images, videos and audio files

Districts In: Website of the municipality of Morschen.
New hay. Local history, pictures. Local history working group Morchen; accessed on October 20, 2018
Neumorschen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

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↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Neumorschen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hesse (as of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on October 20, 2018 .
↑ Brief portraits of the districts. In: Internet presence. Morschen community, archived from the original on December 19, 2014 .; accessed in October 2018
^ Neumorschen - Regiowiki. In: regiowiki.hna.de. Retrieved October 12, 2016 .
↑ 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 ]).
↑ ^a ^b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 405-406 .
↑ Jakobikirche Neumorschen - Regiowiki. In: regiowiki.hna.de. Retrieved October 12, 2016 .
↑ Götz J. Pfeiffer, Stephanie Schmitt: Man of Sorrows with Donors as well as tendrils and ornaments. Late medieval wall paintings in the Protestant church in Neumorschen . In: Schwalm Yearbook for 2017 . 2016, p. 82-90 .

[lagis-1] Neumorschen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hesse (as of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on October 20, 2018 .

[2] Brief portraits of the districts. In: Internet presence. Morschen community, archived from the original on December 19, 2014 .; accessed in October 2018

[3] Neumorschen - Regiowiki. In: regiowiki.hna.de. Retrieved October 12, 2016 .

[4] 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 ]).

[HGV-5] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 405-406 .

[6] Jakobikirche Neumorschen - Regiowiki. In: regiowiki.hna.de. Retrieved October 12, 2016 .

[7] Götz J. Pfeiffer, Stephanie Schmitt: Man of Sorrows with Donors as well as tendrils and ornaments. Late medieval wall paintings in the Protestant church in Neumorschen . In: Schwalm Yearbook for 2017 . 2016, p. 82-90 .