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Windhausen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Göttingen, in
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
,
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. Since 1 March 2013, it is part of the municipality Bad Grund.


Sights

Protestant St. John's Church in the centre of Windhausen is a very unusual half-timbered building with a
flèche Flèche or Fleche may refer to: *Flèche (architecture), a type of church spire *Flèche (cycling), a team cycling competition *Flèche (fencing) The flèche is an aggressive offensive fencing technique used with foil and épée. Background ...
covered with slate. There are many well-preserved half-timbered houses in the middle of the village. Close to the village, the impressive ruins of Windhausen Castle (''Burg Windhausen'') are worth a visit.Josef Walz: ''Der Harz'', p. 305, Köln 1995


References

Former municipalities in Lower Saxony {{Göttingen-geo-stub