Ennepetal

Ennepetal is a town of nearly 30,000 inhabitants on the southern edge of the Ruhr area in North Rhine -Westphalia. It belongs to Ennepe -Ruhr district and is located on the eponymous river Ennepe. Since July 24, 2012 Ennepetal is formally called the city Kluterthöhle.

  • 2.1 Stone Age to the Middle Ages
  • 2.2 Modern Times
  • 3.1 The City Council Ennepetal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 twinning
  • 3.4 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 House Ennepetal and Kluterthöhle
  • 4.2 Museums and Monuments
  • 4.3 recreation
  • 4.4 Music
  • 4.5 Sports
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Education
  • 5.3 company
  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 6.2 Persons who are in connection with Ennepetal

Geography

Geographical Location

The geographical position Ennepetal ( downtown) is 7 ° 21 ' east longitude and 51 ° 18' north latitude. The city covers an area of ​​57.43 km ². Ennepetal situated at an altitude of 170 m above sea level. Sea level up to 390 m above sea level. NN. More than 40% of the city area is used for forestry.

Boroughs

Ennepetal is divided into nine districts. The population of the districts is current as of August 1, 2011:

  • Altenvoerde ( 3802 )
  • Bülbringen / Junior Bauer ( 1535)
  • Büttenberg ( 3467 )
  • Hasperbach ( 1283)
  • King Field ( 1140 )
  • Milspe ( 10,055 )
  • Oelkinghausen (574)
  • Rüggeberg ( 1532)
  • Voerde ( 7604 )

Neighboring communities

The direct neighboring cities of Ennepetal are in the north- east, the district-free city of Hagen and - further clockwise - the cities Breckerfeld ( Ennepe -Ruhr-Kreis ), Radevormwald ( Oberbergischer circle), Wuppertal ( cycle-free ), Schwelm and Gevelsberg (both Ennepe -Ruhr-Kreis ).

History

The city Ennepetal is only since 1 April 1949, when the Office Milspe - Voerde was dissolved and the two independent municipalities Voerde and Milspe banded together.

Stone Age to the Middle Ages

Tool finds from the Mesolithic period show that before about 8000 to 10,000 years have at least temporarily lived on the territory of today's Ennepetal people. However, a permanent settlement may have begun a little more than a thousand years ago only. The names of the districts Voerde ( Fordi ) and Will Ringshausen ( wilgerinchuson ) are first mentioned in the 11th century to become in a land register of the monastery.

The earliest iron production is evidenced by discoveries of the 11th and 13th centuries. It is assumed that the beginnings of iron production using Rennöfen in the 9th to 10th centuries.

1324 was the territory of the present-day city Ennepetal for County of Mark. The treasure book of Mark County of 1486 namely 112 yards are specified for the present territory of the city Ennepetal.

Modern Times

The Office Voerde created on October 1, 1868, when the municipality Voerde resigned from office Enneperstraße. On April 1, 1923, the municipalities Mühling Hausen, Oelkinghausen and Schweflinghausen merged to community Milspe. Comprised of the same communities Ennepe Office was renamed the Office Milspe. The Office Milspe - Voerde was founded on June 1, 1937 through the merger of each consisting of a municipal offices Milspe and Voerde. On April 1, 1949, the two official member municipalities Milspe and Voerde gave up their independence and merged to form the city Ennepetal.

Policy

City Council Ennepetal

During the current term of office the following changes: 2010 is the NPD councilor resigned from the party. He has kept his mandate and in 2010 a member of the citizens' movement per NRW since December. In 2013 he resigned due to a move to Remscheid from the Council. The elected representatives of the Left has withdrawn in June 2011 from the party, and since March 2012 Member of the Pirate Party. In October 2012, the CDU parliamentary group has split. Six members have resigned and now form the faction " Christian Ennepetal " (CDE). In February 2013, the CDU councilor is converted to the FDP. In April 2013 three members of the Council of the CDU have resigned. You now belong to the FWE Group. In May 2013, a further councilor from the CDU has emerged and changed the FWE Group. In September 2013, a member of the CDE Group has died, the Alternate is a member of the CDU. The CDU faction has decided to dissolve October 31, 2013, but the four members remain in office. Since November 1, the CDE Group welcomes 2013 CDU faction. Three former members of the disbanded CDU faction have joined three weeks later for the fraction of the non-party.

Mayor

Mayor at City Hall Ennepetal since 2009 Wilhelm Wiggenhagen.

The first mayor was from 1949 to 1952 Fritz Textor (FDP), followed him to Walter Sondermann (SPD, 1952-1970 ), Ewald Rettberg ( 1970-1981 ), Harald Wolf ( SPD, 1981-1984 ), Friedrich Döpp (CDU, 1984-1989), August Born ( EEC / FWE, 1989-1994), Gerhard Dessel (1994-1998 ) and Michael Eckhardt ( 1998-2008).

As of February 2, 2004 had Ennepetal a Child and Youth Parliament ( KiJuPa ), which a short time later his activity ceased.

Twinning

Ennepetal is in official twinned with the Belgian city of Vilvoorde, which lies north of Brussels since 1973.

Coat of arms

The emergence of Ennepetal Stadtwappens took place in close cooperation with the Central State Archive of Münster as competent, gutach tender place in all aspects of design of coats of arms, flags and official seals of the Westfalen area. This collaboration lasted from 1949 until 1952. The proposal for the city coat of arms, a design from the " foxtail Sage " as referring to the Kluterthöhle, the biggest landmark Ennepetal to use, or the inclusion of the seal (fish and star ) of Heyneke of Voerde to 1423-1450 Freigraf or Femgraf of Femgerichtes of Volmarstein, just was not approved of Ennepetal city representatives as proposed by the Central State Archive in Münster involving one or more of scythes in the city's coat as an indication of the important hardware industry in the Ennepe.

Unanimous agreement finally found a draft Ennepetal City Commissioner of City Planning Mende. His proposal owes the city arms essentially its present form and color. Took place on 16 June in 1953 by the Minister of the Interior of North Rhine -Westphalia the right award for leadership and Coat of Arms described below.

  • Coat Description: Under a geschachteten in two rows of seven silver and red sign head in golden field is perpendicular a blue wave pile which is covered by a red chevron.
  • Coat Explanation: The Ennepetal City Arms combines the drawing of the Mark chess bar - a reference to the former membership of Ennepetal urban area to the former county of Mark, whose coat of arms was the chess bar - with the blue waveband Ennepe, the sign of unification of the previously independent offices Milspe and voerde is bridged with a red chevron.

Culture and sights

House Ennepetal and Kluterthöhle

Cultural Center of Ennepetal in the district Milspe is the "House Ennepetal " are listed in the convention and meeting rooms on a regular basis including various concerts and musicals. In addition, place here every year on the first weekend of November, the " International Ennepe -Ruhr Gem and Mineral Exchange" instead.

About the courtyard of "House Ennepetal " is accessed via a bridge to Kluterthöhle, which is one of the longest show caves in Germany with around 5.5 kilometers in length and is considered particularly interesting attraction for tourism. Due to the moist cool climate and a constant temperature of 10 ° C, the cave also in various respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, hay fever and whooping cough with over 140 treatment capacity is available for " longest treatment room in the world " on six stations. Since November 4, 1954, the city is therefore recognized " with air cavity Ennepetal " as a member of the German Spas Association eV with the name.

Museums and Monuments

Open day and night is the unique street Ennepetal Industrial Museum with exhibits that are set up throughout the city. On the Hinnenberg in Voerde district is the Volkssternwarte Ennepetal that offers public sky observations and astronomical lectures regularly.

In the city there are several listed buildings. These include, for example, the Good Ahlhausen, the Protestant church Milspe, the old cemetery Ruggeberg Heimhardtsbau, grain box Rüggeberg and the reception hall of the station Ennepetal ( Gevelsberg ), one of the oldest of its kind in North Rhine -Westphalia.

Heimhardtsbau in Voerde

Station Ennepetal ( Gevelsberg ) in Milspe

Kriegerehrenmahl Rüggeberg

Recreation

The densely forested urban area offers opportunities for recreation in all districts. In particular, the Hülsenbecker valley south of Altenvoerde, the paths to the Heilenbecker dam near Rüggeberg and Spreeler stream valley with the Spreeler mill on the outskirts of Radevormwald are popular destinations. Scenic views into the valley of the Ennepe provides the near Altenvoerde above a greywacke rock slope located observation platform Hohenstein.

Heilenbecker dam

Spreeler Bachtal

View from the Valley of the Hohenstein Ennepe with the hammer Ahlhauser

Music

The city operates its own Ennepetal music school, which has at the Esbecker road across classrooms and a small concert hall.

Since 1980 takes place in Ennepetal every year in early December, the Christmas Rock Night - a niche festival for Christian rock with last around 30 international bands and nearly 2000 visitors - instead.

Sports

Every year in Bremen Stadium the three-day Whitsun tournament, a youth football tournament held. Since 2007, it is officially called Spax Cup. In addition to the local club TuS Ennepetal replace the A- junior teams of national and international professional associations. Even the directors of Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes and David Beckham stood as a player as well as Jürgen Klinsmann, on the lawn of Bremen stadium.

Infrastructure and economy

Traffic

Through the area of Ennepetal the main road lead 7 and the federal highway 483 via connection point Gevelsberg of A 1 can be reached in Ennepetal about eight kilometers.

When public transport is one of the Ennepetal area for transport association Rhein- Ruhr (VRR ); Transition rates exist in the traffic community Ruhr -Lippe and the transport association Rhein-Sieg. As a regional public transport companies transport company Ennepe -Ruhr ( VER) operates several bus routes in the city. It is headquartered in Ennepetal.

With the railway station in the city had Voerde Ennepetal a share of the former narrow-gauge railway hasp - Voerde - Breckerfeld, which was during the operation as tram as the most beautiful route in Germany.

Today Ennepetal is approached in the urban area of three regional express lines at Ennepetal station ( Gevelsberg ). The station on the railway line Wuppertal- Dortmund ( the original route of the former Bergisch- Märkischen Railway Company ) in Milspe district was since its opening in 1849 Milspe as the district in which it is located, named. 1954, the station was renamed in Ennepetal - Milspe. In 1963, only about three kilometers away Gevelsberg station was abandoned on the same route and later canceled. The city Gevelsberg had since that time no train station more on this important route. In 1968, therefore, the station in its current name in Station Ennepetal ( Gevelsberg ) has been renamed.

In the field of Gevelsberg Also, there is still a connection to the S- Bahn Rhein -Ruhr, which here the route railway Dusseldorf -Derendorf -Dortmund Süd, the " Wuppertal Northern Railway " Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft uses. Until Ennepetal a bus is to be used.

Education

The school system Ennepetal has several educational institutions. In the city (as of 2013) are seven elementary schools, which are operated all but one as an open all-day school. Non -denominational, the GS Altenvoerde, the GS Büttenberg, the GS and the GS Voerde water mouse with the two sub- sites Friedenstal GS and GS Rüggeberg ( not open all-day school). Add to this the Catholic elementary school ( " Harkortschule ", formerly GS Scharpenberg ).

Exist as secondary schools Hauptschule Peace height, the secondary school Ennepetal (former secondary school Effey ), Municipal Grammar School and the Reichenbach- school ( day school, named after the Voerder pastor Johann Wilhelm Reichenbach ). With the Albert Schweitzer school there is also a special school (grades 1-10) in Ennepetal. Furthermore, the Ennepe -Ruhr-Kreis in Ennepetal maintains a vocational college with industrial- technical and commercial offer.

The city also operates the School of Music Ennepetal and the city library Ennepetal (main place in the house Ennepetal, branches in the Meeting House in Voerde and Reichenbach- Gymnasium).

Business

In the valley area of the Ennepe and in other river valleys previously stood numerous forges and grinding figurines, some of which later developed into industrial enterprises. Today, many companies are also located at the outskirts of Schwelm in a 40 hectare industrial park Oelkinghausen. With a value of 109.6 for the year was 2006, the purchasing power index in Ennepetal slightly above the national average.

In the automotive sector, which specializes in luxury models Ennepetal companies Bitter is to call automobiles. Other companies with more than € 100 million in annual sales, which are headquartered in the city are:

  • ALANOD GmbH & Co. KG (165 million € 2011)
  • Altenloh, Brinck & Co ( ABC: 246 million € 2012 SPAX International 56 million € 2012, forming 13 million € 2011)
  • Bilstein ( shock absorber manufacturer) ( € 482 million, 2011 )
  • CDP Bharat Forge (120 million € 2011)
  • DORMA (Production: 950 million € 2011 Holding: 944 million € 2011 GmbH: 220 € million 2010, Automatic 63 million € 2011)
  • Ferdinand Bilstein ( Febi ) (300 million € 2012)
  • Siegfried Jacob Metalworks (250 million € 2011)
  • Sparkasse Ennepetal - Breckerfeld ( 634 million € 2011)

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

The following people were born in or on the territory of today's Ennepetal:

  • William of Alhaus (1716-1794), Bishop of Münster and Osnabrück
  • Emilie Kiep - Altenloh (1888-1985), politician (DDP, FDP )
  • Fley Eugen (1900-1990), politician ( CDU)
  • Artur Sträter (1902-1977), lawyer, publisher and politician
  • Karl -Heinz Peters (1903-1990), actor
  • Elisabeth Old Judge thickness ( born 1929 ), painter
  • Christel Streffer ( b. 1941 ), lawyer
  • Renate Drewke (* 1953), politician (SPD )

Those associated with Ennepetal

  • Walter Oettinghaus (1883-1950), politician and trade unionist
  • Artur Sträter (1902-1977), lawyer, publisher and politician (CDU )
  • Hans -Gerhard Dedeke (1904-1975), politician ( NSDAP)
  • Hans -Joachim Höfig (1915-2006), a sports official
  • Erich Kamp (1938-1992), politician ( SPD)
  • Klaus Solmecke (* 1942), politician ( SPD)
  • Michael Eckhardt ( born 1949 ), former mayor
  • Arnim Brux (* 1952), politician ( SPD)
  • Wilhelm Wiggenhagen ( b. 1955 ), Mayor
  • Dirk Rauin (* 1957), handball player and coach
  • Ralf Waldmann (born 1966 ), motorcycle racer
  • Daniela feet ( born 1969 ), TV presenter
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