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{{Infobox German location
|image_coa            = DEU Moerstadt COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|49|39|43|N|8|15|17|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Mörstadt in AZ.svg
|state        = Rheinland-Pfalz
|district         = Alzey-Worms
|Verbandsgemeinde  = Monsheim
|elevation              = 125
|area            = 5.62
|postal_code               = 67591
|area_code           = 06247
|licence               = AZ
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 3 31 047
|website           = [http://www.moerstadt.de/ www.moerstadt.de]
|mayor             = Stephan Hammer<ref>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3310000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2019&ndash;24
|Bürgermeistertitel = Ortsbürgermeister
|party             =
}}
'''Mörstadt''' is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a [[Municipalities of Germany|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 [[Monsheim (Verbandsgemeinde)|''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Monsheim]], whose seat is in the [[Monsheim|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:<ref>[http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/3310304700.html Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat]</ref>
{| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="450"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="center"
| || [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] || [[Free Voters|FWG]] || Röder || '''Total'''
|- align="center"
| 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 [[Coat of arms|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 (music)|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 ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.moerstadt.de/ Municipality’s official webpage] {{in lang|de}}
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