Driedorf

Coat of arms

Driedorf

Location of Driedorf within Lahn-Dill-Kreis district

Coordinates: 50°38′N 08°11′E / 50.633°N 8.183°ECoordinates: 50°38′N 08°11′E / 50.633°N 8.183°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Wolfgang Kühn

Area

• Total

47.55 km² (18.36 sq mi)

Elevation

486 m (1,594 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

5,146

• Density

110/km² (280/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

35759

02775

LDK

Website

www.driedorf.de

Driedorf is a community in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.

Driedorf lies from 416 to 642 m above sea level on a tableland in the high Westerwald.

Mademühlen has about 1000 inhabitants and lies in the "Hessischer Westerwald" protected area and in the European protected area network Natura 2000. It is on the upper reaches of the Rehbach, between two reservoirs.

Münchhausen is the first village on the Ulmbach and is blessed with extensive woodlands, which afforded prosperity in earlier times.

Driedorf borders in the north on the community of Breitscheid, in the east on the town of Herborn, in the south on the community of Greifenstein (all in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis), and in the west on the communities of Oberrod, Rehe, Homberg, Waigandshain, Nister-Möhrendorf and Willingen (all in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate).

Besides the namesake centre, there are eight other centres in Driedorf named Mademühlen, Roth, Waldaubach, Münchhausen, Hohenroth, Heisterberg, Heiligenborn and Seilhofen.

Driedorf had its first documentary mention in 1124.

The greater community of Driedorf came into being in three stages as part of Hesse's municipal reforms in the 1970s. On 1 October 1971, the communities of Driedorf, Heisterberg, Hohenroth, and Heiligenborn united, and three months later, on 1 January 1972, Münchhausen followed. Five years to the day later, on 1 January 1977, Seilhofen, Waldaubach, Mademühlen and Roth were amalgamated with Driedorf by state law.

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