Mehren (Eifel)

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Down
Height :	450 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.95 km 2
Residents:	1427 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	110 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54552
Area code :	06592
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 042
Association administration address:	Leopoldstrasse 29 ; 54550 Daun
Website :	www.mehren-vulkaneifel.de
Local Mayor :	Erwin Umbach ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Mehren in the Vulkaneifel district

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Mehrener Church

Mehren is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . She belongs to the community of Daun .

geography

location

The place is in the Vulkaneifel on the A1 .

The residential areas Auf der Hardt, Mehrener Mühle, Kirchheimer Hof, Weinfelder Hof, Auf Biedenhof and Hof Zuckerberg also belong to Mehren.

climate

The annual precipitation is 832 mm. The precipitation is in the upper third of the values recorded in Germany. Lower values are registered at 69% of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is April, with the most rainfall in December. In December there is 1.5 times as much rainfall as in April. Precipitation hardly varies and is evenly distributed over the year. Lower seasonal fluctuations are recorded at only 13% of the measuring stations .

history

Settlement finds from the late Hallstatt period around 700 BC Chr. Suggest an early settlement. The village was first mentioned in documents in 1282 and 1284 in connection with donations to the Prüm Abbey . In a church register of the Archbishop of Cologne Heinrich von Virneburg from 1316 the parish "Meren" is already mentioned. Ecclesiastically, Mehren belonged to the Archdiocese of Cologne .

Until the end of the 18th century, Mehren belonged to the electorate of Trier and was under the administration and jurisdiction of the Daun office . Mehren was the seat of a center .

In 1794 the Left Bank of the Rhine was occupied by French revolutionary troops in the First Coalition War. From 1798 to 1814, Mehren belonged to the canton of Daun in the Saardepartement .

At the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region came to the Kingdom of Prussia , Mehren in 1816 the newly built district down in Trier assigned by the and mayor Daun managed.

After the Second World War , the municipality of Mehren within the French occupation zone became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	510
1835	724
1871	671
1905	769
1939	761
1950	845
1961	869

year	Residents
1970	1.002
1987	1,094
1997	1,338
2005	1,423
2011	1,418
2017	1,439
2019	1,427

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Mehren consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	GREEN	total
2019	5	7th	3	16 seats
2014	9	7th	-	16 seats
2009	5	11	-	16 seats
2004	5	11	-	16 seats

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Shield split by silver and green. In front a red bar cross, behind a silverax turnedto the left . "

Web links

Commons : Mehren - collection of images

Internet presence of the local community of Mehren
More on the website of the Daum Association
Brief portrait of Mehren ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) at SWR
To search for cultural assets of the municipality of Mehren in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 111 (PDF; 3 MB).
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved April 21, 2020 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).

[2] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 111 (PDF; 3 MB).

[regionaldaten-3] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved April 21, 2020 .

[4] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.