Ennepe-Ruhr
| Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| District | |||
|
|||
 |
|||
| Country |
 Germany
|
||
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Adm. region | Arnsberg | ||
| Founded | 1 August 1929 | ||
| Capital | Schwelm | ||
| Government | |||
| • District admin. | Arnim Brux | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 408.44 km2 (157.70 sq mi) | ||
| Population (31 December 2015) | |||
| • Total | 325,954 | ||
| • Density | 800/km2 (2,100/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Vehicle registration | EN, WIT | ||
| Website | www |
||
The Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis is a district in the center of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the southern Ruhr urban area and has ca. 324,000 inhabitants (2012). The district's seat (capital city) is Schwelm; the largest of its nine towns is Witten.
The name of the district describes its geographical location – it is located in the valleys of the rivers Ruhr and Ennepe. Geologically it is part of the north-eastern Rhenish Massif, a Mittelgebirge landscape; only small parts of Witten belong to the flat Westphalian Lowland.
Ennepe in Gevelsberg
Ruhr valley in Witten
wooded hills in Ennepetal
The district consists of nine municipalities, all entitled "Stadt" (town or city).
The Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the district-free cities of Bochum, Dortmund and Hagen, the districts of Märkischer Kreis (with Schalksmühle and Halver) and Oberbergischer Kreis (with Radevormwald), the city of Wuppertal, the district of Mettmann (with Velbert) and the city of Essen.
...
Wikipedia