Ennepetal

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.

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

Article

12 sections

Contents

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

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.