Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

The Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis is a district in the center of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the southern Ruhr urban area and has ca. 324,000 inhabitants (2012). The district's seat (capital city) is Schwelm; the largest of its nine towns is Witten.

Key facts

District DE.name: Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
District DE.image_coa: Wappen des Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreises.svg
District DE.image_flag: Flagge Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis.svg
District DE.state: North Rhine-Westphalia
District DE.regierungsbezirk: Arnsberg
District DE.capital: Schwelm
District DE.area: 408.44
District DE.Kreisschlüssel: 05954
District DE.district_admin: Arnim Brux
District DE.admin_party: SPD
District DE.carsign: EN, WIT
District DE.founded: 1 August 1929

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Geography
Municipalities
Adjacent cities and districts
History
Politics
District council
State Landtag
Federal parliament
Coat of arms
References
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==Geography== The name of the district describes its geographical location – it is located in the valleys of the rivers Ruhr and Ennepe. Geologically it is part of the north-eastern Rhenish Massif, a Mittelgebirge landscape; only small parts of Witten belong to the flat Westphalian Lowland.