Mörlen

Moerlen ( dialect: Mörle, Mierlen ) is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Bad Marienberg (Westerwald ).

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Geographical location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen The village lies in a valley on a southern slope to the creek of the Little Nister and is one of the most forested communities in the Westerwald region.

To Moerlen includes the residential Platzmühle reason.

History

The place is one of the oldest settlements in the Upper Westerwald. During the Bach name Nigra Morlaha was 914/1048 for the first time mentioned, the documentary first record will be held on November 13, 1262 in a document of the Abbey Marienstatt.

The development of the population of Moerlen, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Parish council

The local council in Moerlen consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Culture and sights

Structures

The jewel of the town is the Catholic parish church of the Immaculate Conception. It was built in 1866, 1882 and 1949, expanded and completely renovated in 2003.

→ see also list of cultural monuments in Moerlen

Regular events

On the first weekend of July every year takes place the traditional fair.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

• South of the town, the B 414 runs leading from Hohenroth after Hachenburg.
• The nearest motorway junction is Haiger -Burbach on the A45 Dortmund casting, about 27 kilometers away.
• The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.