Mern

Mern is a village with a population of 969 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.

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 recovered in Denmark.

Notable people

Line Luplau a Danish feminist and suffragist.
Anders Lassen, VC, MC & Two Bars a highly decorated Danish soldier, who was the only non-Commonwealth recipient of the British Victoria Cross in the WWII