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Heiligenhaus

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Heiligenhaus within Mettmann district

(2020–25) Michael Beck^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total27.47 km² (10.61 sq mi)Elevation

180 m (590 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total26,681 • Density970/km² (2,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

42579

Dialling codes02056, 02054, 02102Vehicle registrationMEWebsitewww.heiligenhaus.de

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 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Städtepartnerschaften" (in German). Heiligenhaus. Retrieved 2021-12-09.