Heiligenhaus


Heiligenhaus 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 has a branch in Heiligenhaus for the development of locking Systems.
The town is twinned with Basildon and Mansfield of the United Kingdom.
Heiligenhaus also contains the ancestral family farm of the acclaimed American author John Steinbeck.