Mörschbach

Mörschbach is a municipality in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rheinboellen.

Geography

Mörschbach located in the eastern Hunsrück, close to the motorway A 61 to Mörschbach includes the living space " yard Mühlbergersmühle ".

History

The place dates back to ancient times, during excavations a settlement from the period was found around 500 BC.

The first mention of the town was in 1006 in a document in which the Archbishop of Mainz Willigis the church to " Mergesbach " consecrates. South of Mörschbach, on the so-called " nuns mountain", the remains of a medieval fortress located ( moth ). This was probably the seat of the mentioned in the deed of 1006 Thidrichs or noble aristocratic family of those free of whales Bach, who called themselves after the election neighboring brook.

With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops, the place was French, 1815, he was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded. In 1986, the industrial area on the outskirts created " On Metzenweg ".

The development of the population of Mörschbach, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Parish council

The local council in Mörschbach consists of eight council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Images from the site

Community center in the village center