Windeck

Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Windeck within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district

(2018–23) Alexandra Christine Gauß^[1] (Greens)Area

• Total107.26 km² (41.41 sq mi)Elevation

143 m (469 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total19,203 • Density180/km² (460/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

51570

Dialling codes02292, 02243 (Herchen)Vehicle registrationSUWebsitehttps://gemeinde-windeck.de/

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 Rosdorf. Today Windeck consists of 58 villages and some hamlets and homesteads. The most populated are:

**Population figures as of March 31, 2019**^[3]
Village	Population
Rosbach	4009
Dattenfeld	2287
Leuscheid	1171
Schladern	1128
Herchen	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

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

^ Wahl des/der Bürgermeisters/in Gemeinde Windeck 18.11.2018, accessed 29 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Ortschaftenverzeichnis". Archived from the original on 14 Mar 2023.