Mohrkirch

Mohr Church (Danish: Mårkær ) is a municipality in the district of Schleswig -Flensburg, in Schleswig- Holstein.

• 3.1 Coat of Arms

Geography and transport

Due to its central location in the landscape fishing the distances are 21 km to Schleswig, Flensburg 22 km and 15 km Kappeln almost the same. Mohr church is surrounded by moraines of clay interspersed with boulders on glacial till.

Previously made ​​the passenger trains of the railway Kiel -Flensburg in Mohrkirch maintenance.

Across the church is the watershed between the North and Baltic Seas. To the south the Mohrkirch Kiesperdieker and Flarup drain Au in the loop and consequently in the Baltic Sea. To the west the Bondenau flows to Treßsee and then as treene the Eider towards the North Sea.

For the discharge of Kiesperdieker Au southwest to Oxbek the 40 -meter contour line has been pierced at Appel mountain in the Middle Ages and this water thus diverted to the Baltic Sea. Later, a supply of water for Kiesperdieker Mohr Kircher Au and thus created to Mohrkirch mill has been over a weir and a connecting trench. Remains of which can still be found in the area of ​​Babbestraße.

History

The community Mohrkirch was formed January 1, 1970 from the two formerly independent municipalities Mohrkirch Easter wood and Mohrkirch Westerholzmuehle. The merger goes back carried out on a early seventies spatial reorganization of municipalities and departments in the district, with the aim of strengthening economic and simplify administration.

The reorganization saw in the Official Suederbrarup for the merger of the then 18 municipalities to six units with as over 2000 inhabitants. For Mohrkirch a merger was provided with Böel. There are in office but only where mergers were carried out, where necessary for their own local development closeness and independence remained of local government.

Mohrkirch forms due to its historical development is not a closed village. The proportion of scattered houses and farms in single location is very large. Only in recent years, the combination of the former districts Westerholzmuehle and Easter Wood has developed through the development of a new housing estate, as of today the village.

The highly dispersed settlement area Mohr Kirch is reflected in a large number of district courts and name. Very often it is the old name of the individual lots in the founding of the Moor parish Harde the former monastery and later Domanialgut Mohrkirchen and an associated Grange were divided in 1778. But Scenic features are reflected in place names.

Monastery Mohrkirchen

The monastery was founded in 1391 by Mohrkirchen Antonine monks from the monastery Tempzin who were resident in the area apparently before. The monastery were donated vast tracts of the surrounding communities in the following decades, in addition, it received the patronage of the village communities Norderbrarup and Böel. When the Reformation was introduced in Schleswig -Holstein, the monastery was dissolved in 1540. Most of the records were destroyed.

Policy

Of the eleven seats in the municipal council, the CDU and the SPD have since the local elections in 2013, four seats, the voter community FWG has two seats and one seat SSW

Coat of arms

Blazon: "In gold, a blue cross of St. Anthony, on both sides of each accompanied by a green oak leaf. "

Economy

The municipal area is predominantly used for agricultural purposes. The proportion of forest cover is after the last afforestation over the county and national average.

Attractions

In the list of cultural monuments in Mohrkirch are registered in the list of monuments of Schleswig- Holstein cultural monuments.

Personalities

The theater actress Gisela Stein (1935-2009) lived until her death in Mohrkirch.