Merzhausen
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Location of Merzhausen within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district
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| Coordinates: 47°57′59″N 07°49′43″E / 47.96639°N 7.82861°ECoordinates: 47°57′59″N 07°49′43″E / 47.96639°N 7.82861°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Admin. region | Freiburg | |
| District | Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald | |
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| • Mayor | Christian Ante | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2.76 km2 (1.07 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 281 m (922 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 5,211 | |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 79249 | |
| Dialling codes | 0761 | |
| Vehicle registration | FR | |
| Website | www.merzhausen.de | |
Merzhausen is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
The northern and eastern part of Merzhausen is attached to the town of Freiburg im Breisgau. To the south, Merzhausen borders the municipality of Au, which belongs to the administrative region of Hexental and to the west, the municipality of Ebringen.
Merzhausen is the smallest municipality in the local area with the highest population density, which is also higher than that of Freiburg.
Between Schönberg and the Black Forest, lying at the northernmost part of Hexental, Merzhausen belongs to both the so-called the foothill area as well as the Black Forest, which the main fault passes through the municipality between Oberrheingraben and the Black Forest. The municipality is located at a height of 254 to 538m.
The municipality is made up of the village of Merzhausen and the castle Jesuitenschloss.
Merzhausen was first recorded in 786, when the original land owner Heimo Güter gave it away to the Abbey of Saint Gall. After diverse noble families of Freiburg occupied the land, the Society of Jesus of Freiburg acquired it. After the abolition of the holy order in 1773, the land passed over to the Schnewlin family of Bernlapp and after them, in 1838, the land became the Schauenburg. Eventually, the land pass over to the newly created Grand Duchy of Baden, alongside all of Breisgau.
Merzhausen stayed after the reformation Roman Catholic. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Gall. The parish community belongs to the pastoral unit of Hexental.
Because of the immigration of the people who were driven from their homes after the Second World War, an Evangelical community arose, called the Johannes-Gemeinde, John's community.
Between 1980 and 1981, the Schoenstatt Movement was created at the northern slope of the Schönberg.
The local elections, which took place on the 25th May 2014, resulted in the following seat distribution. The turnout was 50.9%, down from 2009 (55.62%).
Since the 1st July 2009, Christian Ante has been the mayor of Merzhausen.
Merzhausen's coat of arms depicts on a silver (white) background a black bear, the symbol for being part of the St Gallen cloister, which holds in front of itself the crest of the Schnewlin family. The crest is horizontally divided into a gold part and a green part.
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