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:Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat 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 Horst Wendel
References
External links Municipality’s official webpage