Mademühlen

Mademühlen is a village in the municipality of Driedorf in the Westerwald hill region in Lahn-Dill-Kreis in the German state of Hesse. Its population was 866 on 31 December 2014.[1]

Mademühlen
Ortsteil of Driedorf
Location of Mademühlen
Mademühlen
Mademühlen
Coordinates: 50°37′24″N 08°9′55″E
CountryGermany
StateHesse
MunicipalityDriedorf
Area
  Total8.58 km2 (3.31 sq mi)
Elevation
596 m (1,955 ft)
Population
 (2014-12-31)
  Total866
  Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
35759
Dialling codes02775

Location

Mademühlen lies within the protected area of Hessian Westerwald (Hessischer Westerwald) and within the European network of such areas, Natura 2000.

The village is on the upper reaches of the Rehbach stream, between two reservoirs and owes its name to a number of mills which were established over the centuries on the upper course of the Rehbach. Around 1800 it was described as a rich farming village. A typical Westerwald farmhouse from Mademühlen is display in the Hessenpark Open Air Museum.

References

  1. "Driedorf in Zahlen - Gemeindestatistik" (in German). Gemeinde Driedorf. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
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