Mörsbach (Zweibrücken)

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Mörsbach
City of Zweibrücken
Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 10 ″  N , 7 ° 24 ′ 3 ″  E
Height : 332 m above sea level NHN
Area : 57.5 ha
Residents : 930  (2006)
Population density : 1,617 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : April 22, 1972
Postal code : 66482
Area code : 06337
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Location in Zweibrücken

Mörsbach is the northernmost district of Zweibrücken and is located on the Sickinger Höhe .

geography

Mörsbach is located in the southwest of the Sickinger Höhe. The Kastenbühl ( 385  m ) is the highest point in the city of Zweibrücken.

history

In 1441 the place was first mentioned as Morspach , but at that time it was still in the valley of the Bundenbach in the Au . When it was deserted after the Thirty Years War and new settlers from the Bernese Oberland were recruited, they rebuilt the place on the heights. Because of the origin of these settlers, who gave great impetus to agricultural development, and probably also because of its altitude, Mörsbach is known in the area as Switzerland .

Mörsbach came to the canton of Homburg in 1798 and in 1818 to the Homburg Land Commissioner . 1920, moved from the district office Homburg for district office two bridges . The previously independent community was incorporated into Zweibrücken on April 22, 1972.

For decades, the drinking water for the three villages of Mörsbach, Großbundenbach and Kleinbundenbach was pumped up from the former Mörsbacher mill on the Bundenbach .

politics

Local advisory board

A local district was formed for the Mörsbach district . The local council consists of eleven members, the chair of the local council is chaired by the directly elected mayor .

For more information on the local council, see the results of the local elections in Zweibrücken .

Mayor

The mayor of Mörsbach is Achim Ruf (Greens). He was elected in the direct election on May 26, 2019 with a share of the vote of 53.93% and is the successor of Susanne Murer (Greens), who was no longer running.

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture has played a major role for the villagers since ancient times , even if in the 19th and 20th centuries the men mostly worked in the coal mines in the Saar region or in the industrial plants in Zweibrücken and Homburg . Today all arable land is cultivated by only three farms. In Mörsbach there are two large farms that produce bioenergy , among other things , and a construction company.

There are no shopping opportunities.

There is only a sporadic bus connection to the city center of Zweibrücken.

Mörsbach has a kindergarten and a short-term nursing home run by the DRK.

In the local area of ​​Mörsbach ("Am Rechenbach") is the garbage dump with waste sorting facility of the city of Zweibrücken.

literature

  • Bernhard H. Bonkhoff: Mörsbach. A village book. Ed. Prot. Kirchengemeinde Großbundenbach, Speyer 1988, ISBN 3-925536-16-7 .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 183 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
  2. ^ City of Zweibrücken: Main Statute. (PDF) § 2 and § 5. November 18, 2018, accessed on October 26, 2019 .
  3. ^ City of Zweibrücken: Result of the Mörsbach Mayor 2019. Accessed on October 26, 2019 .

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