Morschheim

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Field	Value
image_photo	Morschheim von Norden.jpg
image_caption	View from the north
image_coa	DEU Morschheim COA.svg
coordinates
image_plan	Morschheim in KIB.svg
state	Rheinland-Pfalz
district	Donnersbergkreis
Verbandsgemeinde	Kirchheimbolanden
elevation	302
area	6.51
postal_code	67294
area_code	06352
licence	KIB
Gemeindeschlüssel	07 3 33 047
mayor	Timo Markus Wahl
leader_term	2019–24
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Morschheim () is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The village is located in the Selz valley at the border of the Palatinate and Rhenish Hesse. It borders Offenheim, Mauchenheim, Freimersheim, Ilbesheim, Bischheim, Kirchheimbolanden and Orbis.

Besides the village proper, the inhabited places Am Steinernen Berg and Bahnhof Morschheim (Morschheim station) are part of the municipality.

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Climate

The weather is mostly sunny and warm, sometimes a bit dry. This is due to Morscheim's protected location east of the Donnersberg and its altitude of 302 m (990 ft). The so called Morscheim winds from the west have negative effects.

History

The oldest document mentioning Morschheim (Morscheym) is from 1157. Otterberg Abbey held estates in the village.

Politics

Council

The village council is composed of 12 members who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on June 9, 2024, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Heraldry

The coat of arms shows Saint Maurice holding an azure shield with an argent egale. Saint Maurice is the former patron saint of the church, the eagle symbolises the Leiningen family who owned the village in medieval times.

It dates back to a 15th century seal and was granted by the State Ministry of the Interior in 1950.

Infrastructure

Roads

The A63 highway runs southeast of the village. The next exits are Kirchheimbolanden (3 km) and Freimersheim (4 km).

Public transit

Morscheim had a train station along the Donnersberg Railway, that is no longer served by passenger trains. The next station is now in Kirchheimbolanden, 3 km (2 mi) away. Since June 2024 there is an hourly bus service to Alzey and Kirchheimbolanden.

References

[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3330000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Donnersbergkreis], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
136 (PDF; 3.3 MB).
[[Jürgen Keddigkeit]], [[Michael Werling]], Rüdiger Schulz und Charlotte Lagemann: ''Otterberg, St. Maria. Zisterzienserabtei Otterburg''. In: Jürgen Keddigkeit, Matthias Untermann, Sabine Klapp, Charlotte Lagemann, Hans Ammerich (Hg.): ''Pfälzisches Klosterlexikon. Handbuch der pfälzischen Klöster, Stifte und Kommenden'', Band 3: ''M–R''. Institut für pfälzische Geschichte und Volkskunde. Kaiserslautern 2015. ISBN 978-3-927754-78-2, S. 524–587 (538).
Timo M. Wahl (Wahlleiter). (2024-06-18). "Bekanntmachung des Ergebnisses der Wahl zum Gemeinderat Morschheim am 9. Juni 2024". Verbandsgemeinde Kirchheimbolanden.
(2024-05-22). "420 Alzey-Weinheim-Mauchenheim-Morschheim-Orbis-Kirchheimbolanden". RNN.

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