Mähren
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| Mähren | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Wallmerod |
| Mayor | Volker Solbach |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 1.59 km² (0.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 342 m (1122 ft) |
| Population | 251 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 158 /km² (409 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56459 |
| Area code | 06435 |
| Website | www.wallmerod.de |
| Location of Mähren within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Mähren is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] 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 found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.
[edit] History
In 1508, Mähren had its first documentary mention as Mern.
[edit] Politics
[edit] 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.
[edit] Mayor
Since 2007, Volker Solbach has been the mayor of Mähren. He took over from Josef Ortseifen.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] 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.
[edit] External links
- Mähren (German)
- Mähren in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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