Hagen

For ither uises, see Hagen (disambiguation).

Hagen
Town Hall and Square
Banner Coat o airms
Hagen
Coordinates: 51°22′N 07°29′E
Kintra	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalie
Admin. region	Arnsberg
Destrict	urban destrict
Govrenment
• Laird Mayor	Jörg Dehm (CDU)
Area
• Tot	160.4 km2 (61.9 sq mi)
Elevation	106 m (348 ft)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Tot	185,996
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	58000-58139
Diallin codes	02331, 02334, 02337
Vehicle registration	HA
Website	www.hagen.de

Hagen is the 39t-lairgest ceety in Germany, locatit in the federal state o North Rhine-Westphalie. It is locatit on the eastren edge o the Ruhr, 15 km sooth o Dortmund, whaur the rivers Lenne, Volme an Ennepe meet the river Ruhr. As o 31 Dizember 2010 the population wis 188,529. The ceety is hame tae the FernUniversität Hagen, which is the anerlie state fundit distance education university in Germany. Coontin mair than 67,000 students (Mairch 2010), it is the lairgest university in Germany. [1]

History

Hengsteysee

Hagen wis first mentioned ca. 1200, presumably the name o a ferm at the junction o the Volme an the Ennepe. Efter the conquest o Burg Volmarstein in 1324, Hagen passed tae the Coonty o Mark. In 1614 it wis awairdit tae the Margraviate o Brandenburg accordin tae the Treaty o Xanten. In 1701 it became pairt o the Kinrick o Proushie.

Efter the defeat o Proushie in the Fowert Coalition, Hagen wis incorporatit intae the Grand Duchy o Berg frae 1807–13. In 1815 it became pairt o the new Proushie Province o Westphalie.

The growthe o the ceety began in the 19t century wi the minin o coal an the production o steel in the Ruhr. It wis the scene o fechtin durin the Ruhr Uprisin, 13 Mairch - 2 Aprile 1920 an haes a monument tae the Ruhr Red Airmy.

In 1928 Hagen developit intae a ceety o mair than 100,000 inhabitants.

On the nicht o 1 October 1943, 243 Lancasters an 8 Mosquitos frae the Royal Air Force's Bomber Command attackit the ceety. Accordin tae the Bomber Command Campaign Diary, "This raid was a complete success achieved on a completely cloud-covered target of small size, with only a moderate bomber effort and at trifling cost." Severe damage wis caused.

Efter Warld War II the ceety became pairt o the new state o North Rhine-Westphalie.

Economie

Awin tae the extensive uise o watter pouer alang the rivers Ruhr, Lenne, Volme an Ennepe, metal processin played an important role in the region o Hagen in an even afore the 15t century.

In the 17t an 18t century, textile an steel industries as well as paper production follaeed.

Hagen is the hame o the Suedwestfaelische Industrie- und Handelskammer.

The ceety is hivily indebtit an in the process o cuttin ceety services in order tae balance its budget.

Attractions

Hagen is hame tae the LWL-Freilichtmuseum Hagen, or Hagen Open-air Museum, a collection o historic industrial facilities whaur trades such as printin, brewin, smithin, millin, an mony ithers are representit no simply as static displays, but as livin, wirkin operations that visitors mey in some cases even be invitit tae pairticipate in. It is locatit near the Hagen commonty o Eilpe. The Historical Center contains the Museum o the ceety an the Werdringen castle. In the Blätterhöhle cave in Hagen the auldest fossils o modren fowk in Wastphalie an the Ruhr wur foond. They are datit tae the early Mesolithic, 10,700 years B.C.

Panoramic view o Hagen (taken frae urban forest o Hagen)

Burghs

Half-timbered houses "Lange Riege" (17t century)

Burgh	Population Oct 2007	Aurie in km²
Hagen-Mitte	78.952	20,5
Hagen-Nord	38.451	29,6
Hagen-Haspe	30.360	22,2
Hagen-Eilpe/Hagen-Dahl	17.148	51,1
Hagen-Hohenlimburg	31.306	37,0

some localities o Hagen:

• Hagen-Dahl
• Hagen-Emst
• Hagen-Priorei
• Hagen-Rummenohl
• Hagen-Halden

Traffic

Shuntin yard Hagen-Vorhalle

The Autobahnen A1, A45 an A46 touch Hagen.

Hagen haes been an important rail junction for the sootheastren Ruhr glen syne the first rail line opened in 1848. The shuntin yard o Hagen-Vorhalle is amang Germany's lairgest, an the central station affers connections tae the ICE netwirk o Deutsche Bahn as well as to local an S-Bahn services. Syne December 2005, Hagen haes been the stairtin point for a new service intae Essen, operatit bi Abellio Rail.

Local traffic is handled bi Hagener Straßenbahn (Hagen Tramways), which, despite its name, affers anerlie bus services, as the last tramwey in Hagen went oot o service at 29/05/1976. Aw local rail an bus services operate unner the transport association VRR.

Sport

The German Basketball Federation (DBB) is based in Hagen

Sport clubs in Hagen:

• TSV Hagen 1860 - lairgest club (multiple fistbaw champions)
• BBV Hagen (1974 basketbaw champions)
• Phoenix Hagen
• Hasper SV
• Hohenlimburger SV (multiple weemen water polo champions)

Internaitional relations

Main article: Leet o twin towns an sister ceeties in Germany

Hagen is twinned wi the follaein touns:

- Ełk (Poland), syne 1955 - Liévin (Fraunce), syne 1960 - Kouvola (Finland), syne 1963 - Montluçon (Fraunce), syne 1965

- Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin (Germany), syne 1967 - Bruck an der Mur (Austrick), syne 1975 - Smolensk (Roushie), syne 1985 - Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut (Israel), syne 1997

Personalities

• Sir Charles Hallé (Karl Halle) wis born here in 1819
• Nena (born 24 Mairch 1960 in Hagen), German pop sangster
• Karl Ernst Osthaus (1874–1921), patron o the avant-garde
• Nicholas (Klaus) Rescher (born 15 Julie 1928) American filosofer
• Mousse T. (born 2 October 1966 in Hagen), German DJ an record producer
• Kurt Meyer Knichts Cross haulder
• Franz Bronstert (1895–1967) painter
• Emil Schumacher (1912–1999) painter an co-foonder o German abstract airt
• Wilhelm Böing (born 1846 in Hagen-Hohenlimburg), faither o the aviation pioneer who foondit The Boeing Company William Boeing

See an aw

• Accumulatoren-Fabrik AFA
• Wippermann jr GmbH

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial ceety wabsteid