Volksschule Riedlbach

geography Riedelbach is located in the eastern Hintertaunus in the Taunus Nature Park , northwest of the Großer Feldberg . The village is located in a valley opening to the northeast, which allows the stream of the same name to flow down to the Weiltal, where it flows into the Weil near Neuweilnau . The federal highway 275 leads past the place. The district is at an altitude of 380 meters to 545 meters above sea ​​level . The highest elevation in the district is the Wolfsküppel with a height of 545 m above sea level. NN . Neighboring towns are Cratzenbach (north), Neuweilnau (north-east), Finsternthal (south-east), Mauloff (south), Reichenbach (south-west) and Steinfischbach (south-west). history The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1316, and according to its name form it is likely to have originated in the period of the High Middle Ages (around 900 and 1200). In 1394 it was called "Rodylnbach". In 1520 the place was called "Rottelbach". The Thirty Years War made the village, as well as many surrounding villages, difficult to create. In 1615 170 people lived in the village, 25 years later there were only 30 people. In 1835 the first Riedelbach school teacher taught in the old town hall. In 1842 the new school building, which today houses the kindergarten, was inaugurated. In 1929 an outdoor pool was built in Riedelbach. Today there are no remains of the 43 by 18 meter pool. In the course of administrative reform in Hesse , the communities Riedelbach and other communities on 1 December 1970 to a voluntary basis to the municipality joined Weilnau together,  before this church on August 1, 1972, several previously independent municipalities powerful state law to the new greater community Weilrod was merged .