title: Mähren
text: # Mähren
  
  Mähren is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  
  ## Geography
  
  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
  
  The 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 infrastructure
  
  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.
  
  