Mörstadt
Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mörstadt is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mörstadt | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Mörstadt within Alzey-Worms district  | |
  Mörstadt  Mörstadt | |
| Coordinates: 49°39′43″N 8°15′17″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Alzey-Worms |
| Municipal assoc. | Monsheim |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Stephan Hammer[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.62 km2 (2.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 125 m (410 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,072 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 67591 |
| Dialling codes | 06247 |
| Vehicle registration | AZ |
| Website | www.moerstadt.de |
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.
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:[3]
| 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.
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”).
- Amalie Haizinger, actress was born here in 1800
Honorary citizens
- Gerd Ermarth
- Horst Wendel
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