Arnsberg

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Arnsberg
Arnsberg
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Hochsauerland
Town subdivisions	15
Mayor	Hans-Josef Vogel (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	193.45 km² (74.7 sq mi)
Elevation	212 m (696 ft)
Population	80,536 (31/12/2007)
- Density	416 /km² (1,078 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HSK
Postal codes	59755, 59757, 59759, 59821, 59823
Area codes	02931 Arnsberg 02932 Neheim-Hüsten 02935 Wennigloh 02937 Oeventrop
Website	www.arnsberg.de Coordinates: 51°23′0″N 8°5′0″E / 51.38333, 8.08333

Arnsberg is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Neighbouring municipalities
- 1.2 Division of the town
2 Twin towns
3 History
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Geography

It is located in the north-east of the Sauerland in the Ruhr river valley.

[edit] Neighbouring municipalities

[edit] Division of the town

After the local government reforms of 1975 Arnsberg consists of 15 districts:

Neheim (23.448 inhabitants)
Arnsberg (19.355 inhabitants)
Hüsten (11.304 inhabitants)
Oeventrop (6.713 inhabitants)
Herdringen (4.118 inhabitants)
Bruchhausen (3.337 inhabitants)
Müschede (2.870 inhabitants)
Voßwinkel (2.523 inhabitants)
Niedereimer (2.082 inhabitants)
Holzen (2.022 inhabitants)
Rumbeck (1.305 inhabitants)
Wennigloh (1.004 inhabitants)
Bachum (959 inhabitants)
Breitenbruch (219 inhabitants)
Uentrop (346 inhabitants)

[edit] Twin towns

[edit] History

Arnsberg was built by the counts of Werl in the 11th century. They built a castle there whose remains can still be visited and are occasionally used for public celebrations. It was completely destroyed in the Seven years war in 1769.

In the 12th century old Arnsberg became the seat of Westphalian jurisdiction. Later, the city lost its independence and belonged to the Cologne area when their archbishops reigned the area.

The current city of Arnsberg was created in 1975 by merging 14 cities and municipalities into one city. Old Arnsberg itself and Neheim-Hüsten are the two urban parts, while the other parts are very rural. Neheim and Hüsten had been merged in 1941.

Finally in 1816 it went to Prussia and became seat of the local administration.

In the Second World War, dozens of Arnsberg citizens were killed in several British air raids aimed at destroying the railway viaduct. The target was finally destroyed on March 19, 1945 using a Grand Slam bomb.