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.

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German location.name: Windeck
German location.image_coa: DEU Windeck COA.svg
German location.image_photo: BurgWindeckSieg.jpg
German location.image_caption: Windeck Castle
German location.image_plan: Windeck in SU.svg
German location.state: North Rhine-Westphalia
German location.region: Köln
German location.district: Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
German location.elevation: 143
German location.area: 107.22
German location.postal_code: 51570
German location.area_code: 02292 (Rosbach, Dattenfeld, Schladern, Leuscheid, Hurst), 02243 (Herchen), 02682 (Au), 02686 (Kocherscheid), 02295 (Gutmannseichen)
German location.licence: SU
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05 3 82 076
German location.divisions: 66
German location.website: https://gemeinde-windeck.de/
German location.mayor: Alexandra Christine Gauß
German location.leader_term: 2018–23

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Windeck
Population: 19254
Area: 107.22
Elevation: 143
Official website: gemeinde-windeck.de
Image: Panorama Rosbach.jpg
Dialing code: 02292
Licence plate code: SU

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Commons category: Windeck
postal code: 51570
Commons gallery: Windeck
native label: Windeck
P6814: Windeck
P8168: Lotte Lenya
hashtag: Windeck

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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: