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State: North Rhine-Westphalia
District: Ennepe-Ruhr
Area: 57.42 km²
Population: 32,871(31 December 2002)
Population density: 572/km²
Elevation: 216 m
Postal code: 58256
Area/distance code: 02333
Location: 51°17′N 7°20′E
Municipal code: 05 9 54 008
Car designation: EN
Website: www.ennepetal.de
Politics
Mayor: Michael Eckhardt (independent)

Ennepetal is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr. Germany is a federal republic made up of 16 states, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, short: NRW) is the largest in population (though only fourth in area) among Germanys 16 federal states. ... There are 439 German districts, administrative units in Germany. ... The Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis is a district in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... Area codes in Germany (German Vorwahl) have from two to five digits, not counting the leading zero. ... License plates in Germany show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, short: NRW) is the largest in population (though only fourth in area) among Germanys 16 federal states. ... The Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis is a district in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...


The town recently featured in the headlines when on April 12th, 2005, a hostage taker snapped several school children from a school bus and took them as hostages, see Ennepetal hostage taking. On April 12th, at around 1 p. ...

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Transportation

The town has a station named Voerde connecting 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. See: Station (telecommunication) Radio station Television station Station (network) Primary station Control station Slave station Station (Australian ranch) (the Australian equivalent of the North American Ranch) Public transport railway station or train station metro station (underground or elevated ) bus station Ground station Space station Gas station Power station (see Battersea... The Kleinbahn Haspe-Voerde-Breckerfeld was a narrow-gauge railway linking the cities of Breckerfeld and Voerde with Haspe to the bergisch-märkischen Eisenbahn. ... The Sauerland is a rural hilly area spreading across most of the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, heavily forested and sparsely inhabited. ...


Attractions

The Kluterthöhle [1] is one of the largest natural caves of Germany with a length of over 5 km.


Politics

Since February 2, 2004, Ennepetal has a children and youth parliament (Kinder- und Jugendparlament in German). February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Twinned cities

Vilvoorde (French: Vilvorde) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. ...

Localities

  • Milspe
  • Voerde
  • Altenvoerde
  • Rüggeberg
  • Büttenberg
  • Oberbauer
  • Königsfeld
  • Pinto is der geilste
  • Pinto du bistn Vogel
  • Burg
  • Homberge
  • Heide

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Ennepetal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (193 words)
Ennepetal is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr.
The town recently featured in the headlines when on April 12th, 2005, a hostage taker snapped several school children from a school bus and took them as hostages, see Ennepetal hostage taking.
Since February 2, 2004, Ennepetal has a children and youth parliament (Kinder- und Jugendparlament in German).
Ruhrgebiet Tourismus (1573 words)
Ennepetal, in the south of the region, and is imbedded into the soft hills of the Bergischen country and offers attractive possibilities in the area of Heilenbecker-, Hasper-, and Ennepetal dams.
Sporting guests encounter here in Ennepetal and the environment the ideal conditions for cycling, mountain-biking, riding or swimming, for example in the idyllically lain experience bath "Platsch" with a 90-metre slide.
The peculiarity of Ennepetal is however undoubted the Klutert caves.
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