Mähren

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Mähren is also the German name for Moravia.
Mähren

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Mähren
Coordinates: 50°31′24″N 7°55′21″E / 50.52333°N 7.92250°E / 50.52333; 7.92250Coordinates: 50°31′24″N 7°55′21″E / 50.52333°N 7.92250°E / 50.52333; 7.92250
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Wallmerod
Government
 • Mayor Volker Solbach
Area
 • Total 1.59 km2 (0.61 sq mi)
Elevation 342 m (1,122 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
 • Total 246
 • Density 150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56459
Dialling codes 06435
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.wallmerod.de

Mähren is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Westerburg. Mähren is a residential village and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.

History

In 1508, Mähren had its first documentary mention as Mern.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Mayor

Since 2007, Volker Solbach has been the mayor of Mähren. He took over from Josef Ortseifen.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Right near the community runs Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 13 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2012". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2013. 

External links

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Towns and municipalities in Westerwaldkreis
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