Windhausen (Übach-Palenberg)

Windhausen City of Übach-Palenberg Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '36 " N , 6 ° 5' 53" O
Postal code :	52531
Location of Windhausen in North Rhine-Westphalia

Windhausen is an agricultural district of Übach-Palenberg in the Heinsberg district . The name probably comes from its windy altitude above the Wurm . Because of this steep location and the Pissel draft animal leather straps, Windhausen is nicknamed “St. Pissel on the Alm ".

On December 31, 2005, 352 people lived here.

Attractions

park

The “Willy-Dohmen-Park” is located in Windhausen, a freely accessible park in a former gravel pit that was donated to the public by the late entrepreneur Willy Dohmen in the 1980s. Among other things, 7000 rhododendrons bloom here on 20 hectares .

Backes

In 1986 the village community built a bakery based on the historical model and has been used jointly since then: the so-called "Backes".

traffic

The nearest train station is Übach-Palenberg on the Aachen – Mönchengladbach line . The next junctions are "Alsdorf" and "Aldenhoven" on the A 44 and "Heinsberg" on the A 46 . AVV buses connect Windhausen with all other parts of the city as well as with Geilenkirchen and Landgraaf in the Netherlands .

societies

Village community Windhausen eV,
St. Petri-Pauli Schützenbruderschaft Windhausen 1875 eV

Web links

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