Mörsbach
Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Mörsbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mörsbach | |
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Niedermörsbach | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Mörsbach
within Westerwaldkreis district
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 Location of Mörsbach | |
  Mörsbach  Mörsbach | |
| Coordinates: 50°43′36″N 7°47′0″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Subdivisions | 4 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Egon Müller[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.92 km2 (2.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 340 m (1,120 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 401 |
| • Density | 67.7/km2 (175/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 57629 |
| Dialling codes | 02688 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.hachenburg-vg.de |
Geography
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. Its seat is in the like-named town. Another Mörsbach is Part of the Town Zweibrücken in Rheinland-Pfalz near the Border to Saarland with about 1000 Citizen
Constituent communities
Mörsbach's Ortsteile are Obermörsbach, Niedermörsbach, Wintershof and Burbach.
History
In 1335, Mörsbach had its first documentary mention as Mersbach.
Politics
The municipal 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.
Economy and infrastructure
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.
