Windeck Explained

Windeck
Image Coa:DEU Windeck COA.svg
Coordinates:50.8°N 7.5667°W
Image Plan:Windeck in SU.svg
State:North Rhine-Westphalia
Region:Köln
District:Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Elevation:143
Area:107.26
Postal Code:51570
Area Code:02292, 02243 (Herchen)
Licence:SU
Gemeindeschlüssel:05 3 82 076
Divisions:66
Website:https://gemeinde-windeck.de/
Mayor:Alexandra Christine Gauß[1]
Leader Term:2018 - 23
Party:Grüne

Windeck is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 35km east of Bonn and 35km west of Siegen. The name Windeck comes from the Windeck castle ruins and the nearby village of Windeck.

The community of Windeck was formed in 1969 through the merger of the communities of Dattenfeld, Herchen and Rosbach. Today Windeck consists of 58 villages and some hamlets and homesteads. The most populated are:

Population figures as of March 31, 2019[2]
Village Population
4009
Dattenfeld2287
Leuscheid 1171
1128
974
Horst 815
Wilberhofen 532
Halscheid 309

Other villages are Oppertzau, Dreisel, Werfen, Stromberg and Au an der Sieg.

In Windeck, the Leina company produces first aid kits and warning triangles.

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. https://wahlen.kdvz-frechen.de/civitec/buew2018_windeck/05382076/html5/Buergermeisterwahl_NRW_53_Gemeinde_Gemeinde_Windeck.html Wahl des/der Bürgermeisters/in Gemeinde Windeck 18.11.2018
  2. Web site: Ortschaftenverzeichnis . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230314073826/https://www.windeck-bewegt.de/buergerservice/buergeramt/ortschaftenverzeichnis/ortschaftenverzeichnis.html . 14 Mar 2023.