Balve
Sign in to saveBalve () is a town in the Märkischer Kreis district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in Hönnetal, a narrow valley created by the river Hönne, which is near the Sorpe Dam, formerly part of Balve, and at the north end of the Sauerland, near Dortmund. The town was established in 1975 with several divisions including Balve, Beckum and Eisborn and Garbeck.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Balve
- German location.image_photo
- Balve, 20070915.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Balve town centre in 2007
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Balve COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Balve in MK.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Arnsberg
- German location.district
- Märkischer Kreis
- German location.elevation
- 240 - 546
- German location.area
- 74.81
- German location.postal_code
- 58802
- German location.area_code
- 02375
- German location.licence
- MK
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 9 62 008
- German location.divisions
- 7
- German location.website
- www.balve.de
- German location.mayor
- Hubertus Mühling
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Balve () is a town in the Märkischer Kreis district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in Hönnetal, a narrow valley created by the river Hönne, which is near the Sorpe Dam, formerly part of Balve, and at the north end of the Sauerland, near Dortmund. The town was established in 1975 with several divisions including Balve, Beckum and Eisborn and Garbeck.
== History == thumb|left|Avenue to Wocklum The first reference to Balve is from around 780, when it was mentioned that a Widukind owned a farm called Ballowa, another name for the town, although this reference has been disputed. The first undisputed reference was in 864, in which a blind girl from Balve was said to be healed at the grave of the Saint Ludger in the crypt of Werden Abbey.