Mähren
Mähren is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. GeographyThe 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. HistoryIn 1508, Mähren had its first documentary mention as Mern. PoliticsThe municipal council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in municipal elections every 5 years. Since 2007, Volker Solbach has been the mayor of Mähren. He took over from Josef Ortseifen. Economy and infrastructureRight 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
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