Windheim
Windheim is
a place name:
- in Germany
- Windheim (Hafenlohr) , part of the municipality of Hafenlohr, Main-Spessart district, Bavaria
- Windheim (Münnerstadt) , district of the city of Münnerstadt, Bad Kissingen district, Bavaria
- Windheim (Petershagen) , district of the city of Petershagen, Minden-Lübbecke district, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Windheim (Steinbach am Wald) , part of the municipality Steinbach am Wald, Kronach district, Bavaria
- Windheim (Wartmannsroth) , part of the municipality of Wartmannsroth, Bad Kissingen district, Bavaria
- in Poland
- Wiatrowo (Wągrowice) (formerly Windheim in the district of Wongrowitz, Wartheland ), a place in the Greater Poland Voivodeship; see Wągrowiec (rural municipality)
a family name:
- Anton Levin von Wintheim (1642–1702), Mayor of Hanover
- Christian Ernst von Windheim (1722–1766), Protestant theologian and orientalist
- Dorothee von Windheim (* 1945), German visual artist
- Ernst von Windheim (1891–1946), Prussian administrative lawyer and district administrator
- Horst von Windheim (1886–1935), Prussian administrative lawyer and district administrator
- Ludwig von Windheim (1857-1935), Prussian civil servant, high president of the provinces of Hesse-Nassau (1903-1907), East Prussia (1907-1914) and Hanover (1914-1917)
- Wilhelm von Windheim (1781–1847), Prussian major general
- Windheim (noble family) , patrician family in Hanover
a mythical place from Germanic mythology, in the Völuspá is mentioned
See also:
- Office Windheim zu Lahde , former office in what was then the district of Minden in North Rhine-Westphalia with its seat in Lahde
- Windsheim
- Wintheim