Mern

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

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

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