Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

Infobox German district
name=Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
state=North Rhine-Westphalia
capital=Schwelm
regierungsbezirk=Arnsberg
area=408.28
population=351,413
population_as_of=1999
density=861
carsign=EN
url= [http://www.ennepe-ruhr-kreis.de ennepe-ruhr-kreis.de]

The Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis is a district in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the district-free cities of Bochum, Dortmund and Hagen, the districts of Märkischer Kreis and Oberbergischer Kreis, the city of Wuppertal, the district of Mettmann and the city of Essen.

History

The district was created in 1929 by merging the former district of Schwelm with parts of the districts of Hattingen and Hagen. In 1970 and 1975 it was modified a bit during the reorganization of the districts in North Rhine-Westphalia; most notably was the inclusion of the previously district-free city Witten.

Geography

The name of the district describes its geographical location - it is located in the valleys of the rivers Ruhr and Ennepe.

Coat of arms

Towns

External links

* [http://www.ennepe-ruhr-kreis.de/ Official Webpage] (German)