The Ennepe is a river and a left tributary of the Volme in Northern Sauerland.
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The Ennepe begins in the Märkischer Kreis southeast of Halver at 425 m above sea level and continues to Ennepetalsperre (307 m above sea level). The river flows through Gevelsberg and western Hagen-Haspe and then into Hagen (elevation: approx. 100 m above sea level) into the Volme. The river is partially canalized.
The Ennepe provides habitat for numerous animal and plant types. Among there are fish, the grey heron, neophyte plants and Orange Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis, in Hagen).
In the pre-industrial age mills were built alongside the river; in the 19th and 20th centuries an iron plant was operated there.