Mörstadt

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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 of Mörstadt
Location of Mörstadt within Alzey-Worms district
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Mörstadt is located in Germany
Mörstadt
Mörstadt
Mörstadt is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Mörstadt
Mörstadt
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[1]
Area
 • Total
5.62 km2 (2.17 sq mi)
Elevation
125 m (410 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
1,072
 • 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

Geography

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Location

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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

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Municipal council

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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

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

Coat of arms

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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

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Buildings

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  • Village church from 1670 with a Stumm organ

Theatre

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

Famous people

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Honorary citizens

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  • Gerd Ermarth
  • Horst Wendel

References

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  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
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