Ennepetal

Ennepetal
City in summer
Ennepetal
Location of the town of Ennepetal within Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district
Coordinates	51°17′N 7°20′E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
Mayor	Michael Eckhardt
Basic statistics
Area	57.42 km2 (22.17 sq mi)
Elevation	170-390 m
Population	30,486 (31 December 2010)
- Density	531 /km2 (1,375 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	EN
Postal code	58256
Area code	02333
Website	www.ennepetal.de

Ennepetal is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The town was featured in the headlines when on April 12, 2005, a hostage taker snatched several school children from a school bus and took them as hostages, see Ennepetal hostage taking.

Division of the town

• Milspe
• Voerde
• Altenvoerde
• Rüggeberg
• Büttenberg
• Oberbauer
• Königsfeld
• Hasperbach
• Ennepetal-Burg
• Homberge
• Heide

Politics

Since February 2, 2004, Ennepetal has a children and youth parliament (Kinder- und Jugendparlament in German).

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Ennepetal is twinned with:

• Vilvoorde, Belgium

Transport

Ennepetal has a railway station (named "Ennepetal/Gevelsberg") on the line Wuppertal - Dortmund, which is served by regional trains.

The town also had a station named "Voerde" connecting with 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.

Notable Places

The Kluterthöhle is the largest natural cave of Germany with a length of over 5 km.

Economy

• DORMA
• febi - Ferdinand Bilstein
• ABC - Altenloh Brinck & Co (screws)
• Dahlhaus Leuchten, GmbH www.Dahlhaus-Lighting.com
• Ernst Mager KG (screws) www.ernst-mager.com

External links

• Official site (German)
• Kluterthöhle (German)