Mörstadt

Mörstadt

Coat of arms
Mörstadt
Location of Mörstadt within Alzey-Worms district
Coordinates: 49°39′43″N 8°15′17″E / 49.66194°N 8.25472°E / 49.66194; 8.25472Coordinates: 49°39′43″N 8°15′17″E / 49.66194°N 8.25472°E / 49.66194; 8.25472
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Alzey-Worms
Municipal assoc. Monsheim
Government
 • Mayor Horst Wendel (SPD)
Area
 • Total 5.62 km2 (2.17 sq mi)
Elevation 125 m (410 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 995
 • Density 180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 67591
Dialling codes 06247
Vehicle registration AZ
Website www.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]

SPDFWGRöderTotal
200973212 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. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.
  2. ↑ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat


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