Enkhausen

Enkhausen
Ortschaft of Sundern
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Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 51°22′20″N 07°57′40″E / 51.37222°N 7.96111°E / 51.37222; 7.96111
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.

Sights

• The neo-gothical church of St. Laurentius was opened in 1896.
• The Heinrich Lübke House [de] is a museum dedicated to the career of the politician Heinrich Lübke.

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  A street
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  St. Laurentius
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  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 [de] (1887–1954), Politician and minister president of Schleswig-Holstein
• Roland Flach [de] (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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Enkhausen.

• Enkhausen on www.sundern.de