{"id":17785,"date":"2026-11-07T21:05:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T20:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/lexikon\/windzone\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T21:05:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T20:05:31","slug":"windzone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/lexikon\/windzone\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Wind zone<\/strong> describes how strongly the wind blows on average at a site. According to DIN EN 1991-1-4 with national annex, Germany is divided into four wind zones \u2013 highest on the coast and the islands.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The four wind zones<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Wind zone<\/th><th>Basic wind speed<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td>22,5 m\/s<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>25,0 m\/s<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>27,5 m\/s<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>30,0 m\/s<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exact assignment is by municipality. Together with building height and <a href=\"\/en\/dictionary\/gelaendekategorie\/\">Terrain category<\/a> this gives the <a href=\"\/en\/dictionary\/windlast\/\">Wind load<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does this mean for window actuators?<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In wind zones 3 and 4 and on tall buildings we plan more <a href=\"\/en\/dictionary\/reserve-sicherheitszuschlag\/\">Reserve<\/a> (+50 %) and recommend a <a href=\"\/en\/dictionary\/wind-monitor\/\">Wind monitor<\/a>that closes open windows in a storm.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"\/en\/dictionary\/windlast\/\">Glossary: wind load<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/dictionary\/gelaendekategorie\/\">Glossary: terrain category<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/snow-load-wind-load-window-actuator\/\">Guide: snow load and wind load<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tools:<\/strong> Calculate force and stroke with the <a href=\"\/en\/window-actuator-calculator\/\">Window actuator calculator<\/a>, find the right model in a few questions with the <a href=\"\/en\/drive-finder\/\">actuator finder<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not sure which actuator fits? Call us at <a href=\"tel:+494050694631\">040 50694631<\/a> (Mon\u2013Fri 8 am\u20135 pm) or use the <a href=\"\/en\/drive-finder\/\">actuator finder<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/en\/dictionary\/\">\u2190 Back to the glossary<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Windzone beschreibt, wie stark der Wind an einem Standort im Mittel weht. Deutschland ist nach DIN EN 1991-1-4 mit nationalem Anhang in vier Windzonen eingeteilt \u2013 an der K\u00fcste und auf den Inseln am h\u00f6chsten. Die vier Windzonen Windzone Basiswindgeschwindigkeit 1 22,5 m\/s 2 25,0 m\/s 3 27,5 m\/s 4 30,0 m\/s Die genaue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":16230,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17785","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17785\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}