ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA	CZECH REPUBLIC
Vysočina	Highlands (Jihlava) region
Okres: Žďár nad Sázavou

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Měřín is situated at an elevation of 487 m at the confluence of the rivers Zblatí and Balinka in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands about 10 km northwest of Velké Meziříčí in the district Žďár nad Sázavou of the Vysočina (Highlands or Jihlava) region of the Czech Republic. The municipality has a population of about 2,000 (2016).

The oldest document mentioning Měřín dates from 1298, when Přemysl I Otakar, king of Bohemia, and the bishop of Olomouc founded the priory of St. Benedict and placed it under the suzerainty of the monastery of Třebíč. Between 1402 and 1404, Měřín obtained the privileges of a market town. The Hussites destroyed the town and the priory during the Hussite Wars of the 15th century. The municipality of Měřín (German: Wollein) was founded in 1850.

The church of St. John the Baptist dates back to the Romanesque period. The front gate, dating from 1240, was rediscovered after two fires in 1768 and 1810 when brickwork, which had covered up the portal for several centuries, was removed.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Měřín]