Mendhausen is a classic Frankish village and a former municipality in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany.

Mendhausen is located in the southwest of Römhild at the Thuringian-Frankish border on a higher plateau of the Thuringian Rhön.

The first Attribution "Mentehusen" comes from a deed of 1156 (Count Poppo of Irmelshausen, a Henneberger line).

“Agriculture was the main food source of residents along with some spinning, bleaching, Livestock and wine ...".

In 1897 a school started next to the church, built in the vicinity of an earlier communal bakehouse.

The newly restored bakery and a small village museum are used and preserved by the club members.