Lower Mossau
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Lower Mossau
Mossautal municipality
Coordinates: 49 ° 38 ′ 44 " N , 8 ° 55 ′ 52" E
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| Height : | 303 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 10 km² |
| Residents : | 750 |
| Population density : | 75 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | December 31, 1971 |
| Postal code : | 64756 |
| Area code : | 06062 |
Unter-Mossau is a district of the municipality of Mossautal in the Odenwaldkreis in southern Hesse .
geography
The Waldhufendorf is located in the Odenwald in the Hessian red sandstone area in the Geo-Nature Park Bergstrasse-Odenwald am Mossaubach . State road 3260 runs through the village .
history
The village was first mentioned in 1426 under the name Nyddern Mossauwe .
The place name changed from Nyddern Mossauwe (1426) to Unter Mosaue (16th century) and then to today's Unter-Mossau.
On December 31, 1971, Unter-Mossau was incorporated into the new municipality of Mossautal as part of the regional reform in Hesse .
Population development
Source: Historical local dictionary
| • 16th Century: | 21 able-bodied men |
| • 1650: | extinct |
| Unter-Mossau: Population from 1829 to 1970 | ||||
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| year | Residents | |||
| 1829 | 415 | |||
| 1834 | 448 | |||
| 1840 | 503 | |||
| 1846 | 535 | |||
| 1852 | 543 | |||
| 1858 | 521 | |||
| 1864 | 556 | |||
| 1871 | 590 | |||
| 1875 | 566 | |||
| 1885 | 564 | |||
| 1895 | 588 | |||
| 1905 | 531 | |||
| 1910 | 499 | |||
| 1925 | 514 | |||
| 1939 | 457 | |||
| 1946 | 674 | |||
| 1950 | 582 | |||
| 1956 | 514 | |||
| 1961 | 482 | |||
| 1967 | 519 | |||
| 1970 | 530 | |||
| Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources: | ||||
Religious affiliation
Source: Historical local dictionary
| • 1961: | 423 Protestant (= 87.76%), 46 Catholic (= 9.54%) residents |
Territorial history and administration
The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Lower Mossau was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:
- before 1806: Holy Roman Empire, County of Erbach-Fürstenau , Amt Fürstenau
- from 1806: Grand Duchy of Hesse , sovereign states, Fürstenau office (belonging to the Erbach class)
- from 1815: German Confederation , Grand Duchy of Hesse, sovereign states, Fürstenau office (belonging to the Erbach class)
- from 1822: German Confederation, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Starkenburg Province , Erbach District District (separation between justice ( District Court Beerfelden ) and administration)
- from 1848: German Confederation, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Erbach district
- from 1852: German Confederation, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Province of Starkenburg, District of Erbach
- from 1918: German Empire, People's State of Hesse , Starkenburg Province, Erbach district
- from 1945: American occupation zone , Greater Hesse , Darmstadt administrative region, Erbach district
- from 1946: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Darmstadt district, Erbach district
- from 1972: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Darmstadt district, Erbach district
Culture and sights
The town hall of the municipality of Mossautal , built in 1987, is located in the village.
Personalities
- Johann Gottfried Bischoff (1871–1960), Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church
- Jakob Kredel (1808–1864), member of the state parliament
literature
- Literature on Unter-Mossau in the Hessian Bibliography
- Search for Unter-Mossau in the archive portal-D of the German Digital Library
Web links
- Internet presence of the municipality of Mossautal
- Unter-Mossau, Odenwaldkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Unter-Mossau, Odenwaldkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ^ 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. 359 .
- ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
