Hagen

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Hagen
Townhall and Square
Townhall and Square
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Hagen
Hagen (Germany)
Hagen
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Arnsberg
District Urban district
Lord Mayor Peter Demnitz (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 160.4 km² (61.9 sq mi)
Elevation 106 m  (348 ft)
Population 197,456  (31/03/2007)
 - Density 1,231 /km² (3,188 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate HA
Postal codes 58000-58139
Area codes 02331, 02334, 02337
Website www.hagen.de

Coordinates: 51°22′0″N 07°29′0″E / 51.36667, 7.48333

Hagen is the 37th-largest city in Germany, located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund.

In this place the rivers Lenne, Volme and Ennepe meet the river Ruhr. The population is 200,000.

Hagen was first mentioned about 1200, presumably the name of a farm at the junctions of Volme and Ennepe. The growth of the city began in the 19th century with the mining of coal and the production of steel in the Ruhr Area. 1928 Hagen became a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants. In the city there is the FernUni Hagen, the only German Open University, with approximately 56,000 students (2004/05), making it the largest university in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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[edit] Economy

Lake Hengsteysee
Lake Hengsteysee
Half-timbered houses "Lange Riege" (17th century)
Half-timbered houses "Lange Riege" (17th century)

Owing to the extensive use of water power along the rivers Ruhr, Lenne, Volme and Ennepe, metal processing played an important role in the region of Hagen in and even before the 15th century.

In the 17th and 18th century, textile and steel industries as well as paper producing followed.

Hagen is the home of the Suedwestfaelische Industrie- und Handelskammer.

[edit] Attractions

Hagen is home to the Westfälisches Freilichtmuseum Hagen, or Hagen Westphalian Open-Air Museum, a collection of historic industrial facilities where trades such as printing, brewing, smithing, milling, and many others are represented not simply as static displays, but as living, working operations that visitors may in some cases even be invited to participate in. It is located in the Hagen community of Eilpe. The Historical Center contains the Museum of the City and the Werdringen castle. In the cave Blätterhöhle in Hagen the oldest fossils of modern people in Westphalia and the Ruhr Area were found. They are dated in the early Mesolithicum 10,700 years B.C.

[edit] Boroughs

Borough Population
Oct 2007		 Area
in km²
Hagen-Mitte 78.952 20,5
Hagen-Nord 38.451 29,6
Hagen-Haspe 30.360 22,2
Hagen-Eilpe/Hagen-Dahl 17.148 51,1
Hagen-Hohenlimburg 31.306 37,0

some localities of Hagen:


[edit] Traffic

The Autobahnen A1, A45 and A46 touch Hagen.

Hagen has been an important rail junction for the southeastern Ruhr valley since the first rail line opened in 1848. The shunting yard Hagen-Vorhalle is among Germany's largest, and the central station offers connections to the ICE network of Deutsche Bahn as well as to local and S-Bahn services. Since December 2005, Hagen is also the starting point for a new service into Essen, operated by Abellio Rail.

Local traffic is handled by Hagener Straßenbahn (Hagen Tramways), which, despite its name, offers only bus services as the last tramway in Hagen was put out of service in the 1970s. All local rail and bus services operate under the transport association VRR.

[edit] Twinning

Hagen has been twinned with these towns:

[edit] Personalities

[edit] See also

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