Mern
title: "Mern" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-region-zealand"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mern" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mern |
| settlement_type | town |
| image_skyline | MernStation.JPG |
| image_caption | The former railway station in Mern |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Denmark |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Zealand (Sjælland) |
| subdivision_type4 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name4 | Vordingborg |
| pushpin_map | Denmark#Denmark Region Zealand |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Denmark |
| coordinates | |
| area_urban_km2 | 0.74 |
| population_as_of | 2025 |
| population_urban | 969 |
| population_density_urban_km2 | auto |
| timezone1 | CET |
| utc_offset1 | +1 |
| timezone1_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset1_DST | +2 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | DK-4735 Mern |
| :: |
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Mern is a village with a population of 969 (1 January 2025) located in Vordingborg Municipality, Region Zealand in Denmark.
The village is a former Railway town at the Næstved-Præstø-Mern Railroad which was closed in 1961.https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A6stved-Pr%C3%A6st%C3%B8-Mern_Banen
Mern church
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Mern church was originally a Romanesque brick-covered church, later rebuild and extended, now as a white-washed village church. The church has 4 south chapels from approximately 1510-20, the tower somewhat later.
The Mern meteorite
In the early afternoon, 29. August 1878, a 4.6 kg meteoritic stone fell from the sky with the impact point just east of Mern. The Mern meteorite is the most massive meteorite of the only 4 clearly witnessed meteorite falls (all stones) recovered in Denmark.
Notable people
- Line Luplau (1823 in Mern - 1891) a Danish feminist and suffragist.
- Anders Lassen, VC, MC & Two Bars (1920 in Høvdingsgaard estate, Mern Parish – 1945) a highly decorated Danish soldier, who was the only non-Commonwealth recipient of the British Victoria Cross in the WWII
References
References
- [https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density] The Men Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]
- [https://www.ravlling.com/things-to-do/denmark/zealand/culture/mern-church Mern church] VisitDenmark
- [https://www.mindat.org/loc-267247.html The Mern meteorite]
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