Windeck

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:

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

• Andy Borg (born 1960), percussionist and presenter, lived briefly in Herchen
• Renan Demirkan (born 1955), actress and author, lives in Windeck
• Hanns Dieter Hüsch (1925–2005), cabaret artist, lived in Werfen
• Peter Praet (born 1949 in Herchen), Belgian economist and central banker
• Jonas Reckermann (born 1979), beach volleyball player
• August Sander (1876–1964), photographer, lived in Kuchhausen

References

1. Windeck (disambiguation)
2. Windeck Castle
3. Agnes Windeck
4. Windeck (TV series)
5. Margaret of Berg-Windeck
6. TSV Germania Windeck
7. Heiko Scholz
8. Ervin Skela
9. Windeck Castle (Bühl)
10. Henry of Berg, Lord of Windeck
11. Grace Mendes
12. Windeck Castle (Weinheim)
13. Erwin Junker
14. Windeckkopf
15. Toni Kroos
16. Trinkhalle (Baden-Baden)
17. 2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season
18. Spectre (security vulnerability)
19. Antiemetic
20. Fredy Costa