Mern
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| subdivision_name = Denmark
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| subdivision_name2 = Zealand (Sjælland)
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| subdivision_name4 = Vordingborg
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Mern is a village with a population of 969 (1 January 2025)[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 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
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.[https://www.ravlling.com/things-to-do/denmark/zealand/culture/mern-church Mern church] VisitDenmark
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.[https://www.mindat.org/loc-267247.html The Mern meteorite]
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