Hückelhoven (German: [ˈhʏkl̩ˌhoːfn̩] ⓘ; Limburgish: Hukkelhaove [ˈɦʏkəlˌɦɔː˦və]) is a town in the district of Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Hückelhoven owes its development from village to town to the coal mining industry; the Sophia-Jacoba colliery was opened in 1914.

However, modest grave finds from the northern edge of the town from the 6th century testify to a settlement beginning in the early Middle Ages In 1221, a Sibertus de Hukelhoven is mentioned in a document from Dalheim Abbey.

In the Middle Ages and early modern times, the village belonged to the court of Doveren in the Wassenberg district of the Duchy of Jülich.

At the end of October 1944, the Gestapo set up a ‘labour education camp’, an ‘emergency prison’, in Hückelhoven.

As a result of the colliery closure, the percentage of unemployed is significantly higher than the national average, but can still be considered relatively low compared to the Ruhr region due to numerous aid measures.