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Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Mörstadt
Municipality
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Location of Mörstadt within Alzey-Worms district
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Mörstadt is located in GermanyMörstadtMörstadt Show map of GermanyMörstadt is located in Rhineland-PalatinateMörstadtMörstadt Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 49°39′43″N 8°15′17″E / 49.66194°N 8.25472°E / 49.66194; 8.25472
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictAlzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.Monsheim
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Stephan Hammer
Area
 • Total5.62 km (2.17 sq mi)
Elevation125 m (410 ft)
Population
 • Total1,072
 • Density190/km (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes67591
Dialling codes06247
Vehicle registrationAZ
Websitewww.moerstadt.de

Mörstadt is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and is a winegrowing centre. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Monsheim, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:

SPD FWG Röder Total
2009 7 3 2 12 seats

Mayors

  • Gerd Ermarth - FWG (1979–1999)
  • Horst Wendel - SPD (1999–2019)
  • Stephan Hammer - FWG (since 2019)

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Azure in chief two mullets Or, in base a daisy argent seeded of the second.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

  • Village church from 1670 with a Stumm organ

Theatre

  • Since 2005, Mörstadt has had at its disposal a lakeside stage on the Woog (a local word for “pond”).

Famous people

Honorary citizens

  • Gerd Ermarth
  • Horst Wendel

References

  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  3. Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat

External links

Towns and municipalities in Alzey-Worms
Coat of arms
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