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Mörstadt
Municipality
Coat of arms of Mörstadt
Coat of arms
Location of Mörstadt within Alzey-Worms district
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CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictAlzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.Monsheim
Government
 • MayorHorst Wendel (SPD)
Area
 • Total5.62 km2 (2.17 sq mi)
Elevation
125 m (410 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total1,072
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
67591
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

Town 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:[2]

SPD FWG Röder Total
2009 7 3 2 12 seats

Mayors

  • Gerd Ermarth - FWG (1979 - 1999)
  • Horst Wendel - SPD (1999–present)

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

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  2. ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat


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