Mendhausen

Mendhausen is a classic Frankish village and a former municipality in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. Since December 31, 2012, it has been part of the town of Römhild. Mendhausen is located in the southwest of Römhild at the Thuringian-Frankish border on a higher plateau of the Thuringian Rhön. “In the morning this attractive village is bordered on the east parish of Römhild, from where it is only one hour away, at lunchtime Irmelshausen, in the evening Rothausen and the deserted village Eichelbrunn and midnight at the Mönchshof..." Thus, the location of the village Mendhausen is described in the "Historical and statistical description of the Ducal Saxon Community Office Römhild" of 1795. Density is low. The settlement has a church at its center. The history of the town probably started in the 7th or 8th century, but this is not precisely known. Mendhausen was probably one of the three Höchheims founded at 783 (Great Hoechheim = the present Hoechheim, Small Hoechheim = Mönchshof) by the Frankish noble Countess Emhilt. The first Attribution "Mentehusen" comes from a deed of 1156 (Count Poppo of Irmelshausen, a Henneberger line).