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In the course of administrative reform in Hesse, the formerly autonomous communities of
Allendorf, Barig-Selbenhausen, Merenberg, Reichenborn and RĂĽckershausen, which had all belonged to the old Oberlahnkreis (district), merged into the new collective community of Merenberg.
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The market community of
Merenberg consists of the five centres of Merenberg, Barig-Selbenhausen, Allendorf, Reichenborn and RĂĽckershausen.
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