Enkhausen
Enkhausen | |
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 Aerial view | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Enkhausen | |
  Enkhausen Location within Germany  Enkhausen Location within North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Coordinates: 51°22′20″N 07°57′40″E / 51.37222°N 7.96111°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Town | Sundern |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.50 km2 (0.97 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 845 |
| • Density | 338/km2 (875/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 59846 |
| Dialling codes | 02935 |
Enkhausen is an Ortschaft of the town of Sundern in the Hochsauerlandkreis of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Geography
It borders Hachen in the east, Langscheid at the Sorpesee in the south and Estinghausen in the west. The village lies in the south of Sudern and is passed by the Bundesstraße 229.
History
Enkhausen was first documented in the year 1173. On 1 January 1975, the village became part of the municipality of Sundern.[1]
Sights
- The neo-gothical church of St. Laurentius was opened in 1896.
- The Heinrich Lübke House is a museum dedicated to the career of the politician Heinrich Lübke.
A street
St. Laurentius
House in which Lübke was born
Notable people
- Heinrich Lübke (1894–1972), Politician and President of West Germany. A street and a house were named in honour of him
- Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke (1887–1954), Politician and minister president of Schleswig-Holstein
- Roland Flach (born 1944), Manager
Literature
- Theo Simon: Leben im Sauerland in früherer Zeit. Der Alltag der Menschen im früheren Kirchspiel Enkhausen. Zimmermann Druck + Verlag. Balve 1994.
References
- ↑ Statistisches Bundesamt (Hrsg.): . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1, S. 331 (Statistische Bibliothek des Bundes und der Länder [PDF; 41,1 MB]).
External links
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