Ennepetal

Ennepetal
City in summer City in summer
Coat of arms of Ennepetal Coat of arms
Ennepetal
Location of Ennepetal within Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Wilhelm Wiggenhagen
Area
• Total	57.42 km2 (22.17 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	29,825
• Density	520/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	58256
Dialling codes	02333
Vehicle registration	EN
Website	www.ennepetal.de

Ennepetal is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was created in 1949 out of the former municipalities Milspe and Voerde. It was named after the river Ennepe, which flows through the municipality.

The town was featured in the headlines when on April 12, 2005, a hostage taker snatched several school children from a school bus and took them as hostages, see Ennepetal hostage taking.

Division of the town

• Milspe
• Voerde
• Altenvoerde
• Rüggeberg
• Büttenberg
• Oberbauer
• Königsfeld
• Hasperbach
• Ennepetal-Burg
• Homberge
• Heide

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Ennepetal is twinned with:

• Vilvoorde, Belgium

Transport

The Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) station on the Wuppertal–Dortmund railway is served by regional trains.

The town also had a station named "Voerde" on the Kleinbahn Haspe-Voerde-Breckerfeld, which in former times was the longest streetcar in Germany. Today, the former track is being used as a walk and bicycle way, connecting the Ruhr area to the nearby Sauerland.

Notable places

The Klutert Cave is one of the largest natural caves of Germany with a length of over 5 km.

Economy

• Dorma
• febi - Ferdinand Bilstein
• ABC - Altenloh Brinck & Co (screws)
• Dahlhaus Leuchten, GmbH
• Ernst Mager KG (screws)

External links

• Official site (German)
• Kluterthöhle (German)