Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
—  District  —
Country  Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region Arnsberg
Capital Schwelm
Area
 • Total 408.28 km2 (157.6 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total 331,575
 • Density 812.1/km2 (2,103.4/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration EN
Website ennepe-ruhr-kreis.de

The Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis is a district in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the district-free cities of Bochum, Dortmund and Hagen, the districts of Märkischer Kreis and Oberbergischer Kreis, the city of Wuppertal, the district of Mettmann and the city of Essen.

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History

The district was created in 1929 by merging the former district of Schwelm with parts of the districts of Hattingen and Hagen. In 1970 and 1975 it was modified a bit during the reorganization of the districts in North Rhine-Westphalia; most notable was the inclusion of the previously independent city of Witten.

Geography

The name of the district describes its geographical location - it is located in the valleys of the rivers Ruhr and Ennepe.

Coat of arms

In the middle of the coat of arms there is the checked red-white bar of the medieval state of Mark, which owned the area in medieval times. The two wavy lines above and below depict the two rivers which gave the district its name, the Ruhr and the Ennepe.

Towns

  1. Breckerfeld
  2. Ennepetal
  3. Gevelsberg
  4. Hattingen
  5. Herdecke
  1. Schwelm
  2. Sprockhövel
  3. Wetter (Ruhr)
  4. Witten

References

  1. ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html. 

External links

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Urban and rural districts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany
Urban districts
Rural districts