10 Sights in Windeck (Sieg), Germany (with Map and Images)
Explore interesting sights in Windeck (Sieg), Germany. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 10 sights are available in Windeck (Sieg), Germany.
List of cities in Germany1. Thingplatz Herchen
The Thingplatz in Windeck-Herchen contained a National Socialist memorial to memory of the fallen of the First World War. In the rotunda that has been preserved to this day, the inscription "born as a German - lived as a fighter - as a hero - can be read as a herb" as a people "; The plates with the names of the fallen are no longer available underneath. The Thingplatz built on a mountain spur over the village was built in 1934 and corresponds to the large -scale National Socialist architectural style. In the period of National Socialism, party and school events took place on May 1st and on Hitler's birthday after a major inauguration.
2. St. Laurentius Kirche
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius in Windeck-Dattenfeld was built between 1879 and 1880 as a two-towered church in the neo-Romanesque style in place of a previous building demolished in 1878. Because of the double-towered façade, the church is often called "Siegtaldom". The two lower floors of the north tower come from the old parish church from the 12/13th century, which was originally probably only a chapel, but was extended to a three-nave church with a length of about 25.60 m and a width of 7.85 m and was already dedicated to St. Lawrence of Rome.
3. Pulvermühle Elisenthal
The Elisenthal powder mill was the largest plant for the production of black powder in the Rhineland. The ruins of the black powder mill are located in Windeck in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia. They extend from the district of Dattenfeld about 1.2 kilometres into the Nutscheid. The plant belonged to one of the numerous powder mills in the Bergisches Land, which offered good conditions for the production of black powder due to its buckthorns growing here.
4. Marienkapelle
Altwindeck is a village in the municipality of Windeck in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Windeck or its castle gave its name to the municipality as Amt Windeck. Since there was constant confusion between the new (area) municipality itself and the small district of Windeck in the 1969 merger of municipalities, the municipal council decided to rename it Altwindeck.
5. Burg Windeck
Windeck Castle is a ruin in Windeck in the Rhein-Sieg district. The castle ruins are located on the Schlossberg above Altwindeck. The hilltop castle was first mentioned in a document as "castrum novum in windeke" as early as 1174, but it is considered probable among archaeologists that it is older, as Count Heinrich Raspe III rebuilt it around 1170 after being destroyed.
6. Evangelische Kirche Leuscheid
The Evangelical Church of Leuscheid, predominantly in Romanesque style, was first mentioned in a document in 1131 and was a Catholic St. Mary's Church. The tower and nave correspond to this age. The transept, choir and sacristy were built in the 14th and 15th centuries. In the 1960s, the now Protestant quarry stone church of Leuscheid was plastered and renovated.
7. St. Peter
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Peter in Herchen, a district of the municipality of Windeck in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia, was first mentioned in 1131 and confirmed by Pope Innocent II.dem Bonn's Cassius Monastery as subject to tithes. It is not known exactly when the first and/or the current church were built.
8. Kapelle Stromberg
The Stromberg Chapel is located in the municipality of Windeck, Stromberg district and was a Protestant chapel. It was built in 1886 on the site of a dilapidated chapel. On October 13, 2019, the chapel was deconsecrated to allow a sale of the chapel and the adjacent parish hall.
9. Evangelische Kirche Herchen
The Evangelical Church of Herchen in the municipality of Windeck in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia was built in 1878 and consecrated in 1879. The tower was not completed until 1885 due to financial difficulties.
10. Salvatorkirche
The Salvatorkirche in Rosbach was first named as a parish church in 1486. The church is registered under the number A5 in the list of monuments in Windeck and is owned by the Protestant parish of Rosbach.
Wikipedia: Evangelische Salvatorkirche (Rosbach) (DE), Website
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