1. Division of the town

2. International relations

3. Transport

4. Notable places

5. Economy

6. Personalities

7. Sons and daughters of the town

8. People who are connected to Ennepetal

9. References

10. 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.

Division of the town

Ennepetal is divided into nine quarters (Ortsteile), which resemble former towns and villages. The population is shown as of 10 June 2015:^[1]

• Altenvoerde (3663)
• Bülbringen/Oberbauer (1470)
• Büttenberg (3689)
• Hasperbach (1208)
• Königsfeld (1090)
• Milspe (9776)
• Oelkinghausen (573)
• Rüggeberg (1482)
• Voerde (7438)

International relations

Ennepetal is twinned with:

• Vilvoorde, Belgium

Transport

The Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) station on the Wuppertal–Dortmund railway is served by regional trains.

The town also had a station named "Voerde" on 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 Klutert Cave is one of the largest natural caves of Germany with a length of over 5 km.

Economy

• dormakaba
• febi - Ferdinand Bilstein
• ABC - Altenloh Brinck & Co (screws)
• Dahlhaus Leuchten, GmbH
• Ernst Mager KG (screws)

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Karl-Heinz Peters (1903-1990), film actor

People who are connected to Ennepetal

• Dirk Rauin (born 1957), handball player and coach
• Ralf Waldmann (born 1966), motorcycle racing driver

References

External links

• {{Official website}} {{de icon}}
• Kluterthöhle {{de icon}}

• The Great Fire of Whitstable, 1869
• The Great Fire (TV serial)
• The Great Flirtation
• The Great Food Race
• The great Forepaugh and Sells Brothers shows combined
• The great Forepaugh & Sells Brothers shows combined
• The great forest fire of 1949 in the Landes Forest
• The Great Forest Park Balloon race
• The Great Gambini
• The Great Game (1997 film)
• The Great Game (2015 film)
• The Great Game (book)
• The Great Game (Gordon book)
• The Great Game I
• The Great Game II
• The Great Game III
• The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia
• The Great Game (Sherlock Holmes)
• The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
• The Great Gateway Grab
• The Great Gatsby (2012 film)
• The Great Gatsby (2013)
• The Great Gatsby (2013 movie)
• The Great Gatsby Curve
• The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film