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Onshore wind · Germany

Hirschweg Ost

Operator SWE ScharfenWindenergie GmbH &Co KG

Planned5.7 MWData checked 10 November 2026

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Hirschweg Ost is a 5.7 MW wind farm 3.9 km north-east of Bad Wünnenberg, Germany. It first operated in 2025. Its status in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany) is planned. There are 144 other energy sites within 10 km, 136 of them wind farms. The register holds no incident at this site. It holds 30 incidents at wind farms in Germany, and 351 worldwide.

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The pack for this site lists 24 comparable onshore wind incidents in Germany, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-2405, Wind turbine blade falls after trailer overturns near Plettenberg, 70 km from this site.

ReferenceYearIncidentFrom the siteSeverity
EIR-24052026Wind turbine blade falls after trailer overturns near Plettenberg70 kmMinor
EIR-13522023Turbine fire at Stemwede Bürgerwindpark in Germany98 kmSignificant
EIR-18112023Wind turbine reported to have snapped and collapsed into a field in north-west Germany108 kmMajor
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The first 3 rows as the pack shows them. The other 21 are in the pack, each with its distance, sources and the fire service guidance it bears on.

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Summary for this site

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In the full pack
Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
5.7 MW
Capacity figure from
Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany)
Status
Planned (In planning)
Operator
SWE ScharfenWindenergie GmbH &Co KG
Location
Bad Wünnenberg, Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, 33181, Germany
First operating
2025

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Alerts for applications and incidents near here

None found. The register holds no published incident that names Hirschweg Ost. If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).

Has Hirschweg Ost had a fire or other incident?
None is on the register as of 11 November 2026. The register holds no published incident that names Hirschweg Ost; it holds 30 incidents at wind farms in Germany.
What is the status of Hirschweg Ost?
Planned, in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany).
Where is Hirschweg Ost?
3.9 km north-east of Bad Wünnenberg, Germany (postcode 33181).

Source: Marktstammdatenregister, Bundesnetzagentur, Datenlizenz Deutschland, Namensnennung, Version 2.0 (www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0). The dataset. The register adds only the incidents and the counts. Nearest town: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).