Ahaus

Ahaus is a municipality in the district of Borken in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, lying some 20 km south-east of Enschede. Ahaus is the home for Germany's "Interim Storage of spent fuel"Sons and daughters of the town Friedrich Koechling (1893–1970), German officer, general of infantry Michael Denhoff (born 1955 in Ahaus), German composer and cellist Jens Spahn (born 1980 in Ahaus-Ottenstein), German politician (CDU), Member of Bundestag Urszula Radwańska (born 1990 in Ahaus), Polish tennis player Stefan Thesker (born 1991 in Ahaus), German footballer