Ennepetal
Sign in to saveEnnepetal (, ; ) is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was created in 1949 out of the former municipalities Milspe and Voerde. It was named after the river Ennepe, which flows through the municipality.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Ennepetal
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge Ennepetal.svg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Ennepetal COA.svg
- German location.image_photo
- Staedte.Ennepetal.Voerde.Sommer.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Ennepetal-Voerde in summer
- German location.image_plan
- Ennepetal in EN.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Arnsberg
- German location.district
- Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
- German location.elevation
- 170-390
- German location.area
- 57.77
- German location.postal_code
- 58256
- German location.area_code
- 02333
- German location.licence
- EN
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 9 54 008
- German location.website
- www.ennepetal.de
- German location.mayor
- Imke Heymann
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Division of the town
- Politics
- Local council
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Transport
- Notable places
- Economy
- Notable people
- Sons and daughters of the town
- People who are connected to Ennepetal
- References
- External links
Ennepetal (, ; ) is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was created in 1949 out of the former municipalities Milspe and Voerde. It was named after the river Ennepe, which flows through the municipality.
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.