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The entire municipality of Morschen has a wide range of historical and cultural sights. The Haydau Monastery, the historic market street in Neumorschen, the late Baroque manor house "Altes Forstamt" and the Jewish cemetery in Binsförth are particularly noteworthy. The fire brigade museum in Altmorschen and the Wichte local history museum provide information on regional history. The local archive also has a local history exhibition. |
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=== Altmorschen === |
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==== Altmorschen railway station ==== |
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The building, opened in the 1860s, is one of the few restored examples of a [[Gründerzeit]] railway station made of red brick (for almost 80 years, like almost all similar stations in Germany, it was whitewashed in the style of the New Objectivity). |
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==== Old Forestry Office ==== |
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The building, which is also known as the "post office" because of its former function, is a stately late Baroque half-timbered house from the 17th century. The preserved cellars, however, date back to the 13th century. Today it houses a hotel and gastronomy open to the public. |
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==== Morschen Town Hall ==== |
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The town hall is housed in the former Raabe farm in the centre of the historic village of Altmorschen. It is an 18th century half-timbered house with modern extensions. |
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==== Old School ==== |
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The oldest school building in Morschen and one of the oldest in northern Hesse was built in the early 18th century as a half-timbered structure. The building served as a primary school until the 1960s. In the 19th century, it also housed the forestry school. |
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==== Old Village Church ==== |
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Situated in the upper village of Altmorschen, only the tower of the church from around 1200 has been preserved and was still used for church services until very recently. The ruins are surrounded by a cemetery with historic gravestones. |
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==== Fire Brigade Museum ==== |
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The museum outside the old town houses exhibits of regional fire brigade history since the 19th century.<ref>[http://www.feuerwehr-museen.de/20-museen/altmorschen_info.html Morschen auf Feuerwehr-Museen.de]</ref> |
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==== Haydau Monastery ==== |
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[[File:Haydau.jpg|mini|80px|Haydau Monastery 2005]] |
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[[Haydau Monastery]], a former [[Cistercian]] [[Convent|nunnery]], built in the mid-13th to early 14th centuries and converted into a landgravial castle in the mid-16th and 17th centuries. From 1985 to 2001, the convent was secured and renovated in a model project. |
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Under the motto ''Life - Encounters - Perspectives'', Haydau Monastery is now used for conferences, congresses, art, culture, weddings and family celebrations. Every year, many guests attend concerts, exhibitions, seminars, theatre, readings, symposia, as well as many families and young couples celebrate their personal celebrations in the rooms of the monastery. |
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==== Waltari-Bergmann-Platz ==== |
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Located in the centre of Altmorschen, the square was inaugurated in 2018 to mark the centenary of the birth of the historian and honorary citizen of Morschen, [[Waltari Bergmann]]. There is a monument on the square in honour of the man who gave it its name. |
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==== Kapellenberg ==== |
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According to tradition, Boniface founded his first chapel on the hill marked by a wooden cross. It is an important testimony to early Christianisation in Germany<ref>https://www.kuladig.de/Objektansicht/P-TB-20121228-0012</ref>. |
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==== Local Archives ==== |
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In the former Schröder House, part of the Haydau domain, rooms have been created to house the local archive, as well as exhibition and meeting rooms. The archive is open to the public by appointment. The exhibition is dedicated to the [[Rührfix]] as an important contemporary historical product for Morschen. |
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==== Community and school library ==== |
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The library is open to the public three days a week. It is located in the building of the Georg-August-Zinn-School. |
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=== Neumorschen === |
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==== Dorfaue Neumorschen ==== |
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Along the historically significant Marktstraße are mainly gabled half-timbered houses from the 17th and 18th centuries, with the historic [[Ratskeller (Neumorschen)|Ratskeller]] from the 17th century with its ridge turret standing out in particular. Another striking half-timbered house from the late 18th century is the Horn Inn, where both the local heritage society (1908) and the shooting club (1928) were founded. It has been empty for years after the death of the last operator J. Priller in 2010, following several changes of ownership.<ref>http://www.morschen-kloster-haydau.de/neumorschen/wein.html</ref> |
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An open water channel runs along the Marktstraße. In 2012, the 20th century pavilion standing in the middle of the street was restored. |
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===Buildings=== |
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Revision as of 18:11, 16 April 2022
Morschen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Morschen within Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district  | |
  Morschen  Morschen | |
| Coordinates: 51°03′N 09°36′E / 51.050°N 9.600°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Kassel |
| District | Schwalm-Eder-Kreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2016–22) | Ingo Böhm[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 47.94 km2 (18.51 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 201 m (659 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,180 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 34326 |
| Dialling codes | 05664 |
| Vehicle registration | HR |
| Website | www.morschen.de |
Morschen is a community in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location
Morschen lies in the Fulda valley south of Kassel.
Constituent communities
The community consists of the centres of Altmorschen (administrative seat), Binsförth, Eubach, Heina, Konnefeld, Neumorschen and Wichte.
Politics
 | This section needs to be updated. (July 2021) |
Morschen's municipal council is made up of 23 members.
(as of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006)
Culture and sights
The entire municipality of Morschen has a wide range of historical and cultural sights. The Haydau Monastery, the historic market street in Neumorschen, the late Baroque manor house "Altes Forstamt" and the Jewish cemetery in Binsförth are particularly noteworthy. The fire brigade museum in Altmorschen and the Wichte local history museum provide information on regional history. The local archive also has a local history exhibition.
Altmorschen
Altmorschen railway station
The building, opened in the 1860s, is one of the few restored examples of a Gründerzeit railway station made of red brick (for almost 80 years, like almost all similar stations in Germany, it was whitewashed in the style of the New Objectivity).
Old Forestry Office
The building, which is also known as the "post office" because of its former function, is a stately late Baroque half-timbered house from the 17th century. The preserved cellars, however, date back to the 13th century. Today it houses a hotel and gastronomy open to the public.
Morschen Town Hall
The town hall is housed in the former Raabe farm in the centre of the historic village of Altmorschen. It is an 18th century half-timbered house with modern extensions.
Old School
The oldest school building in Morschen and one of the oldest in northern Hesse was built in the early 18th century as a half-timbered structure. The building served as a primary school until the 1960s. In the 19th century, it also housed the forestry school.
Old Village Church
Situated in the upper village of Altmorschen, only the tower of the church from around 1200 has been preserved and was still used for church services until very recently. The ruins are surrounded by a cemetery with historic gravestones.
Fire Brigade Museum
The museum outside the old town houses exhibits of regional fire brigade history since the 19th century.[3]
Haydau Monastery
Haydau Monastery, a former Cistercian nunnery, built in the mid-13th to early 14th centuries and converted into a landgravial castle in the mid-16th and 17th centuries. From 1985 to 2001, the convent was secured and renovated in a model project.
Under the motto Life - Encounters - Perspectives, Haydau Monastery is now used for conferences, congresses, art, culture, weddings and family celebrations. Every year, many guests attend concerts, exhibitions, seminars, theatre, readings, symposia, as well as many families and young couples celebrate their personal celebrations in the rooms of the monastery.
Waltari-Bergmann-Platz
Located in the centre of Altmorschen, the square was inaugurated in 2018 to mark the centenary of the birth of the historian and honorary citizen of Morschen, Waltari Bergmann. There is a monument on the square in honour of the man who gave it its name.
Kapellenberg
According to tradition, Boniface founded his first chapel on the hill marked by a wooden cross. It is an important testimony to early Christianisation in Germany[4].
Local Archives
In the former Schröder House, part of the Haydau domain, rooms have been created to house the local archive, as well as exhibition and meeting rooms. The archive is open to the public by appointment. The exhibition is dedicated to the Rührfix as an important contemporary historical product for Morschen.
Community and school library
The library is open to the public three days a week. It is located in the building of the Georg-August-Zinn-School.
Neumorschen
Dorfaue Neumorschen
Along the historically significant Marktstraße are mainly gabled half-timbered houses from the 17th and 18th centuries, with the historic Ratskeller from the 17th century with its ridge turret standing out in particular. Another striking half-timbered house from the late 18th century is the Horn Inn, where both the local heritage society (1908) and the shooting club (1928) were founded. It has been empty for years after the death of the last operator J. Priller in 2010, following several changes of ownership.[5] An open water channel runs along the Marktstraße. In 2012, the 20th century pavilion standing in the middle of the street was restored.
Buildings
Kloster Haydau, a former Cistercian convent, was built between the mid 13th century and the early 14th century, and in the mid 16th century and 17th century it was converted into a stately home for a Landgrave. Today, the building is used for meetings and conventions, as a gallery, a meeting place for professors, and a venue for poetry readings.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Morschen lies on Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 83 (Kassel – Bebra). The Malsfeld Autobahn interchange (83) on the A 7 (Kassel – Würzburg) is about 11 km away.
The community belongs to the North Hesse Transport Network.
Personalities
People who lived in Morschen
- Johann Sutel (around 1504–1575), Protestant theologian and reformer, born in Morschen
- August Heinzerling (1899–1989), inventor of the RÜHRFIX, lived in Morschen [6]
- Eugen Mahler (1927–2019), artist and professor at the University of Kassel for psychoanalysis and group dynamics, lived in Morschen[7]
- Nils Seethaler (* 1981), cultural anthropologist
Honorary citizens
- 1981: Waltari Bergmann (1918–2000), rector
- 1997: Gottfried Kiesow, German memorial protector.
- 2001: Ludwig Georg Braun (* 1943), German entrepreneur
References
- ^ Direkt gewählte (Ober-) Bürgermeister/-innen der hessischen Städte und Gemeinden, accessed 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
- ^ Morschen auf Feuerwehr-Museen.de
- ^ https://www.kuladig.de/Objektansicht/P-TB-20121228-0012
- ^ http://www.morschen-kloster-haydau.de/neumorschen/wein.html
- ^ Wie the Rührfix came to Morschen. In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine (HNA) from September 25, 2015.
- ^ "Advertisements from Eugen Mahler". Trauer.HNA.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-02-02.
External links
- Official website
(in German)
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