Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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]
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SPD |
FWG |
Röder |
Total
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2009 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
12 seats
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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
Honorary citizens
- Gerd Ermarth
- Horst Wendel
References
External links
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