Heiligenhaus
Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Coat of arms
Location of Heiligenhaus within Mettmann district
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(2020–25) Michael Beck[1] (CDU)
(2023-12-31)[2]
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Heiligenhaus (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪlɪɡn̩ˌhaʊs]) is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the suburban Rhine-Ruhr area. It lies between Düsseldorf and Essen.
Bochum University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Bochum, formerly Fachhochschule Bochum) has a branch in Heiligenhaus for the development of locking Systems.
Heiligenhaus also contains the ancestral family farm of the acclaimed American author John Steinbeck.
Twin towns – sister cities
Heiligenhaus is twinned with:[3]
Basildon, England, United Kingdom
Mansfield, England, United Kingdom
Meaux, France
Zwönitz, Germany
References
- ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Stadt Heiligenhaus 24.09.2017, accessed 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "Städtepartnerschaften" (in German). Heiligenhaus. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
External links
Media related to Heiligenhaus at Wikimedia Commons
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Towns and municipalities in Mettmann (district)
- Erkrath
- Haan
- Heiligenhaus
- Hilden
- Langenfeld
- Mettmann
- Monheim am Rhein
- Ratingen
- Velbert
- Wülfrath
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