Mörstadt
Mörstadt | |
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 Coat of arms | |
show Location of Mörstadt within Alzey-Worms district | |
  Mörstadt | |
| Coordinates: 49°39′43″N 8°15′17″E / 49.66194°N 8.25472°ECoordinates: 49°39′43″N 8°15′17″E / 49.66194°N 8.25472°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 (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,063 |
| • 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 |
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:[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.
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[]
- Amalie Haizinger, actress was born here in 1800
Honorary citizens[]
- Gerd Ermarth
References[]
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2020, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2021.
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
External links[]
- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)
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