Heiligenhaus
# Heiligenhaus

Heiligenhaus (German pronunciation:) 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:

* Basildon, England, United Kingdom
* Mansfield, England, United Kingdom
* Meaux, France
* Zwönitz, Germany
