Mörstadt

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′  N , 8 ° 15 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Alzey-Worms
Association municipality :	Monsheim
Height :	125 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.62 km 2
Residents:	993 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	177 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67591
Area code :	06247
License plate :	AZ
Community key :	07 3 31 047
Association administration address:	Alzeyer Strasse 15 67590 Monsheim
Website :	www.vg-monsheim.de
Local Mayor :	Stephan Hammer (FWG)
Location of the local community of Mörstadt in the Alzey-Worms district

Mörstadt is a municipality in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Monsheim .

geography

Mörstadt is located in Rheinhessen approx. 5 kilometers northwest of Worms . Neighboring communities, starting clockwise from the north, are Gundheim , Worms, Monsheim and Flörsheim-Dalsheim . The Lindenhof residential area also belongs to Mörstadt .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Mörstadt consists of sixteen council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	FWG	WGR	total
2019	5	9	2	16 seats
2014	5	5	2	12 seats
2009	7th	3	2	12 seats

• FWG = Free Voting Group Mörstadt e. V.
• WGR = Voter Group Röder e. V.

Local mayor

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

In the municipal election on May 26, 2019, Stephan Hammer prevailed against the previous incumbent Horst Wendel with a share of the vote of 52.75%.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In blue an eight-petalled silver vine blossom, covered with gold, overlaid by two six-pointed golden stars."

Buildings

Village church

The Protestant village church dates from 1670 and is equipped with a silent organ . From the late Gothic church, the tower and the west wall from 1509 are still preserved today. The nave is baroque and was built in the first half of the 18th century. Above the archway is the coat of arms of the Archbishop of Mainz Emmerich Joseph von Breitbach-Bürresbach, who held office from 1768 to 1774.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Mörstadt

traffic

Mörstadt has access to the federal motorway 61 via the Worms / Mörstadt junction .

Others

• Since 2005 Mörstadt has had a floating stage at the Woog (village pond).

The Woog in Mörstadt

People (selection)

• Willy Borngässer (1905–1965), Protestant pastor

literature

• Dieter Krienke and Ingrid Westerhoff: Alzey Worms district. Verbandsgemeinden Eich, Monsheim and Wonnegau = monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate 20.3. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft , Worms 2018. ISBN 978-3-88462-379-4 , pp. 146–148.

Web links

Commons : Mörstadt  - Collection of Images

• Literature about Mörstadt in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 134 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Monsheim, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved September 10, 2019 .