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]

Mademühlen
Location of Mademühlen
Map
Mademühlen is located in Germany
Mademühlen
Mademühlen
Mademühlen is located in Hesse
Mademühlen
Mademühlen
Coordinates: 50°37′24″N 08°9′55″E / 50.62333°N 8.16528°E / 50.62333; 8.16528
CountryGermany
StateHesse
MunicipalityDriedorf
Area
 • Total8.88 km2 (3.43 sq mi)
Elevation
596 m (1,955 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total885
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
35759
Dialling codes02775

Location

edit

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

edit
  1. ^ a b "Driedorf in Zahlen - Gemeindestatistik" (in German). Gemeinde Driedorf. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
edit