Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
	Destrict
	; Coat o airms
	; Coat o airms
Kintra	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalie
Adm. region	Arnsberg
Foondit	1 August 1929
Caipital	Schwelm
Area
• Tot	408.44 km2 (157.70 sq mi)
Population (31 Dizember 2013)
• Tot	322,731
• Density	790/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	EN, WIT
Website	www.enkreis.de

The Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis is a destrict in the centre o North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is pairt o the soothren Ruhr urban aurie an haes ca. 324,000 inhabitants (2012). The destrict's seat (caipital ceety) is Schwelm; the lairgest o its nine touns is Witten.

Table o contents

1 Geografie
- 1.1 Municipalities
- 1.2 Adjacent ceeties an destricts
2 History
3 Coat o airms
4 References
5 Freemit airtins

Geografie[eedit | eedit soorce]

The name o the destrict describes its geographical location – it is locatit in the valleys o the rivers Ruhr an Ennepe. Geologically it is pairt o the north-eastren Rhenish Massif, a Mittelgebirge landscape; anerly smaw pairts o Witten belang tae the flat Wastphalie Lawland.

Ennepe in Gevelsberg
Ruhr valley in Witten
wooded hills in Ennepetal

Municipalities[eedit | eedit soorce]

The destrict consists o nine municipalities, aw entitled "Stadt" (toun or ceety).

	Municipality	Aurie
	1. Breckerfeld	58.78 km² (22.70 sq mi)
	2. Ennepetal	57.43 km² (22.17 sq mi)
	3. Gevelsberg	26.29 km² (10.15 sq mi)
	4. Hattingen	71.40 km² (27.57 sq mi)
	5. Herdecke	22.40 km² (8.65 sq mi)
	6. Schwelm	20.50 km² (7.92 sq mi)
	7. Sprockhövel	47.80 km² (18.46 sq mi)
	8. Wetter (Ruhr)	31.47 km² (12.15 sq mi)
	9. Witten	72.37 km² (27.94 sq mi)
	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, total	408.44 km² (157.70 sq mi)

Adjacent ceeties an destricts[eedit | eedit soorce]

The Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis is boondit bi (frae the north an clockwise) the destrict-free ceeties o Bochum, Dortmund an Hagen, the destricts o Märkischer Kreis (wi Schalksmühle an Halver) an Oberbergischer Kreis (wi Radevormwald), the ceety o Wuppertal, the destrict o Mettmann (wi Velbert) an the ceety o Essen.

History[eedit | eedit soorce]

The Kreishaus (destrict admeenistration biggin) in Schwelm

The destrict wis creatit in 1929 bi mergin the umwhile destrict o Schwelm wi pairts o the umwhile destricts o Hattingen an Hagen. In 1970 an 1975 it wis modifee'd a bit durin the reorganization o the destricts in North Rhine-Westphalie; maist notable wis the inclusion o the previously independent ceety o Witten in 1975.

Coat o airms[eedit | eedit soorce]

In the middle o the coat o airms thare is the checkit red-white bar o the Coonty o Mark, which awned the aurie in medieval times. The twa wavy lines abuin an belaw depict the twa rivers which gave the destrict its name, the Ruhr an the Ennepe.