Mörsbach
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| Mörsbach | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Local subdivisions | 4 |
| Mayor | Egon Müller |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 5.92 km² (2.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 340 m (1116 ft) |
| Population | 487 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 82 /km² (213 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 57629 |
| Area code | 02688 |
| Website | www.hachenburg-vg.de |
| Location of Mörsbach within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Mörsbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen in the nature and landscape conservation area of the Kroppach Switzerland (Kroppacher Schweiz). It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.
[edit] Constituent communities
Mörsbach’s Ortsteile are Obermörsbach, Niedermörsbach, Wintershof and Burbach.
[edit] History
In 1335, Mörsbach had its first documentary mention as Mersbach.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 9 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Gießen). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
[edit] External links
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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