Mörlen

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Mörlen
Mörlen   is located in Germany
Mörlen
Mörlen
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Location of Mörlen within Westerwaldkreis district
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Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Government
 • Mayor Thomas Ax
Area
 • Total 3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
 • Total 551
 • Density 180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 57583
Dialling codes 02661
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.bad-marienberg.de

Mörlen 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 Limburg and Siegen on the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia. The community lies in a hollow on a south slope on the course of the Kleine Nister, and is one of the richest communities in woodlands in the Westerwaldkreis. Mörlen belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

Mörlen is among the oldest settled centres in the Upper Westerwald. While the brook name Nigra Morlaha had already been mentioned in writings from 914 and 1048, the actual community had its first documentary mention on 13 November 1262 in a document from the Marienstatt Abbey.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The community’s centrepiece is the Catholic parish church, Maria Empfängnis (“Immaculate Conception”). It was built in 1866 and expanded in 1882 and 1949. In 2003, it was fundamentally renovated.

Regular events

The first weekend in July is when the traditional kermis is always held.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger-Burbach on the A 45 (DortmundGießen), some 27 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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