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 885 on 30 June 2020, and its area is 8.88 km2 (3.43 sq mi).[1]
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Location of Mademühlen  | |
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| Coordinates: 50°37′24″N 08°9′55″E / 50.62333°N 8.16528°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Municipality | Driedorf |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.88 km2 (3.43 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 596 m (1,955 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 885 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 35759 |
| Dialling codes | 02775 |
Location
editMademühlen 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
edit- ^ a b "Driedorf in Zahlen - Gemeindestatistik" (in German). Gemeinde Driedorf. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mademühlen.
- Mademühlen at the Driedorf website
- Mademühlen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis. Historisches Ortslexikon für Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- There is literature about Mademühlen in the Hessian Bibliography