Ennepe
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The Ennepe is a river and a left tributary of the Volme in Northern Sauerland.
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[edit] Riverflow
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.
[edit] Flora and fauna
The Ennepe provides habitat for numerous animal and plant types. Among there are fish, the grey heron, neophyte plants and Orange Jewelweed[verification needed] (Impatiens capensis, in Hagen).
[edit] Statistics
- Overall length: 39 km
- Source of the Ennepetalsperre: 9.7 km
- Length of the Ennepetalsperre: 3.8 km
- Ennepetalsperre with the boundary of Hagen: 19.2 km
- In Hagen: 6.3 km
[edit] Use
In the pre-industrial age mills were built alongside the river; in the 19th and 20th centuries an iron plant was operated there.
