Country Germany District Westerwaldkreis Elevation 342 m (1,122 ft) Area 159 ha Local time Thursday 3:28 PM Dialling code 06435 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Municipal assoc. Wallmerod Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 253 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 56459 | |
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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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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.
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.
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.