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Winden

Winden is a toponym used in Germany and in popular culture. Real-world use includes Winden im Elztal, a municipality in the Ortenau district of Baden-Württemberg, located in the southwestern part of the country. The name Winden is also found in the names of other small localities, and may appear as part of longer place names throughout Germany.

In fiction, Winden is the central setting of the German-language science fiction thriller series Dark, created

by
Baran
bo
Odar
and
Jantje
Friese.
In
the
series,
Winden
is
a
small
town
whose
cave
system
serves
as
a
conduit
for
time
travel,
linking
events
across
multiple
generations
and
tying
together
the
lives
of
several
families.
The
show
explores
themes
of
fate,
family,
and
the
consequences
of
time
travel,
without
asserting
a
specific
real-world
location
beyond
Germany.