Mörsfeld

Mörsfeld is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.HistoryThe area which is now Mörsfeld was originally settled at the end of the 9th century. It was supposedly named after a settler named Moro with the oldest recorded spelling of the town as "Morßfelt." About 1 km from the town itself is a place called the Daimbacherhof; a Cistercian monastery was founded there in the 13th century. In 1525, during the Peasants' War, the town as well as the monastery were destroyed. Also in the Daimbacherhof were mercury mines which were mined successfully until the early 19th century with production only being brought to a halt during the Thirty Years' War. Mörsfeld was further ravaged during a period of war from 1792 to 1801.The town was occupied by the French in 1799 and remained in their control til 1814, when it was reincorparated into the Kingdom of Bavaria.List of Mayors: 1660-1689, Johannes Wagner 1690-1719, Johann Jost Pfannkuchen 1794-1798, Heinrich Kaufhold 1798-1800, Johann Daniel Orschiedt 1811-1819, Johann Adam Lied 1819-1837, Karl Philipp Grieß 1837-1838, Johannes Nussbickel 1838-1848, Jacob Vogel 1848-1868, Johann Adam Wagner 1868-1889, Johannes Lawall 1890-1892, Adam Fellenberger 1892-1894, Philipp Jakob Vogel 1895-1915, Philipp Jakob Lawall 1974-1981, Julius Konrad