Mossautal

Mossautal
Mossautal
Coat of arms of Mossautal
Mossautal is located in Germany
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Mossautal
Coordinates 49°40′29″N 8°55′30″E / 49.67472°N 8.925°E / 49.67472; 8.925Coordinates: 49°40′29″N 8°55′30″E / 49.67472°N 8.925°E / 49.67472; 8.925
Administration
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Darmstadt
District Odenwaldkreis
Local subdivisions 5 Ortsteile
Mayor Willi Keil (Ind.)
Basic statistics
Area 48.5 km2 (18.7 sq mi)
Elevation 327 m  (1073 ft)
Population 2,547 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 53 /km2 (136 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate ERB
Postal code 64756
Area codes 06062 und 06061
Website www.mossautal.de

Mossautal in the Odenwald is a community and a state-recognized health resort in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany.

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Geography

Location

The community lies at elevations of between 300 and 500 m above sea level.

The Nibelungenstraße (Bundesstraße 47) touches Mossautal in the north and the Siegfriedstraße (Bundesstraße 460) runs through the community in the south. The surrounding countryside is also used as a holiday destination in the UNESCO Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald on the Marbach Reservoir, the Odenwald’s biggest body of standing water.

Mossautal is well known as a textbook example of a Waldhufendorf ("forest village").

Neighbouring communities

Mossautal borders in the north on the community of Reichelsheim and the town of Michelstadt, in the east on the town of Erbach, in the south on the town of Beerfelden (all in the Odenwaldkreis), and in the west on the communities of Wald-Michelbach, Grasellenbach and Fürth (all three in the Bergstraße district).

Constituent communities

Mossautal’s Ortsteile are Güttersbach, Hiltersklingen, Hüttenthal, Ober-Mossau and Unter-Mossau (the community’s administrative seat).

Politics

The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:

Parties and voter communities %
2006
Seats
2006
%
2001
Seats
2001
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 29.8 4 22.0 3
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 23.3 4 33.1 5
ÜWG Überparteiliche Wählergemeinschaft Mossautal 46.8 7 44.9 7
Total 100.0 15 100.0 15
Voter turnout in % 58.5 67.3

Mayor

At the mayoral election on 25 April 2004, the independent Willi Keil, who has been in the mayor’s office since 1986, was reëlected unopposed with 97.2% of the vote.

Coat of arms

The community’s arms might heraldically be described thus: Party per saltire, above gules a Hiberno-Scottish cross (called an Iroschottenkreuz in the German blazon) argent, below gules a Maltese cross argent, dexter and sinister argent a mullet of six gules.

Town partnerships

Netherlands Maasdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Culture and sightseeing

Ober-Mossau

Sightseeing

  • Marbach Reservoir
  • Johanniterkirche in Ober-Mossau (Evangelical, founded by the Order of Saint John)
  • Quellkirche in Güttersbach (“spring church”)
  • Siegfriedsbrunnen/Lindelbrunnen in Hüttenthal (spring)

Regular events

  • IVV – Volkswanderung (“people’s hike”); each year on the first weekend in April
  • Countryfest der Greenhorns; each year on 1 May at the leisure facility in Hiltersklingen
  • Günter-Ihrig-Gedächtnisturnier; each year at Corpus Christi on the sporting field in Hiltersklingen a football tournament for amateur teams is held.
  • Schmucker Open-Air; each year on the last weekend in July an open-air festival is held at the Schmucker Private Brewery’s premises.
  • Volkslauf Güttersbach; each year on the first weekend in August there is a “public walk” for everybody, with two different courses.
  • Hiltersklinger Quetschekerwe; each year on the third weekend in August a church consecration festival is held at the leisure facility in Hiltersklingen.
  • Hof- und Dreschfest; each year on the third weekend in August there is a “farm and threshing festival” at Miedtke Farm in Hüttenthal.
  • Landerleben; every three years in September the community of Mossautal presents its businesses. There are also various leisure activities.

Economy

The community’s livelihood comes from, for example, tourism in the form of holiday homes, conference hotels and guesthouses. There are also a brewery and a dairy on hand. Furthermore, fish farming earns some income. The main industry is now, as it has always been, agriculture and forestry.

Sport

Mossautal is home to the SG Mossautal football team. The players come from SV (Sportverein, “sport club”) 54 Mossau and SV 67 Hiltersklingen.

References

External links


This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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