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.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]).
Sights
The neo-gothical church of St. Laurentius was opened in 1896. The is a museum dedicated to the career of the politician Heinrich Lübke.
Notable people Heinrich Lübke (1894–1972), Politician and President of West Germany. A street and a house were named in honour of him (1887–1954), Politician and minister president of Schleswig-Holstein (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
Enkhausen on www.sundern.de