Windeck is a municipality in the

Rhein-Sieg The Rhein-Sieg-Kreis () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Oberbergischer Kreis, Altenkirchen (district), Altenkirchen, Neuwied (district), Neuwied, Ah ...

district, in

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. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 35km east of

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

and 35km west of

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. 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 Adolf Andreas Meyer (born 2 November 1960 in Floridsdorf, Vienna), best known by his stage name Andy Borg, is an Austrian Schlager singer and TV presenter. He lives in the Passau area and has been recording music since his debut album ''Adios A ...

(born 1960), percussionist and presenter, lived briefly in Herchen * Renan Demirkan (born 1955), actress and author, lives in Windeck *

Hanns Dieter Hüsch Hanns Dieter Hüsch (6 May 1925, in Moers – 6 December 2005, in Windeck-Werfen) was a German author, cabaret artist, actor, songwriter and radio commentator. With a working life of more than 53 years on the German cabaret stage and 70 of his ...

(1925–2005), cabaret artist, lived in Werfen *

Peter Praet Peter Praet (born 20 January 1949 in Herchen near Eitorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Allied-occupied Germany) is a Belgian economist who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2011 to 2019 and concurrently as E ...

(born 1949 in Herchen), Belgian economist and central banker *

Jonas Reckermann Jonas Reckermann (born 26 May 1979) is a German retired beach volleyball player. Together with his most recent partner Julius Brink, he won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which, along with Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst ...

(born 1979), beach volleyball player *

August Sander August Sander (17 November 1876 – 20 April 1964) was a German portrait photography, portrait and Documentary photography, documentary photographer. His first book ''Face of our Time'' (German: ''Antlitz der Zeit'') was published in 1929. Sande ...

(1876–1964), photographer, lived in Kuchhausen

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