Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

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Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
District
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Coat of arms
Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region Arnsberg
Founded1 August 1929
Capital Schwelm
Government
 • District admin.Arnim Brux (SPD)
Area
 • Total408.44 km2 (157.70 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2023) [1]
 • Total324,946
 • Density800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration EN, WIT
Website www.enkreis.de

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.

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Geography

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.

Municipalities

The district consists of nine municipalities, all entitled "Stadt" (town or city).

Municipalities in EN.svgHerne
MunicipalityArea
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, total408.44 km2 (157.70 sq mi)

Adjacent cities and districts

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.

Largest groups of foreigners :

Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 6,474
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3,416
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2,655
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1,864
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 1,433
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1,200

History

The Kreishaus (district administration building) in Schwelm Schwelm - Kreishaus 01 ies.jpg
The Kreishaus (district administration building) in Schwelm

The district was created in 1929 by merging the former district of Schwelm with parts of the former 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 notable was the inclusion of the previously independent city of Witten in 1975.

Politics

Results of the 2020 district administrator election. 2020 Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district administrator election.svg
Results of the 2020 district administrator election.

Since 2015, the district administrator of the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis has been Olaf Schade of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). In the most recent election on 13 September 2020, Schade was re-elected with the support of the SPD and The Greens, winning 61.6% of votes against Oliver Flüshöh, who was nominated by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP). [2]

District council

Results of the 2020 district council election. 2020 Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district election.svg
Results of the 2020 district council election.

The Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis council governs the district alongside the administrator. The most recent district council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:

PartyVotes %+/-Seats+/-
Social Democratic Party (SPD)42,40331.3Decrease2.svg 8.119Decrease2.svg 7
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)36,27526.8Decrease2.svg 1.916Decrease2.svg 3
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)28,17520.8Increase2.svg 7.813Increase2.svg 5
Free Democratic Party (FDP)7,8645.8Increase2.svg 1.34Increase2.svg 1
Alternative for Germany (AfD)7,2505.4Increase2.svg 1.83Increase2.svg 1
The Left (Die Linke)5,1743.8Decrease2.svg 1.62Decrease2.svg 2
Pirate Party Germany (Piraten)3,3262.5Increase2.svg 0.21Decrease2.svg 1
Free Voters (FW-EN)2,8932.1Decrease2.svg 0.61Decrease2.svg 1
Citizens' Forum (BF)2,2241.6New1New
Valid votes135,58498.4
Invalid votes2,1991.6
Total137,783100.060Decrease2.svg 6
Electorate/voter turnout267,17051.6
Source: District Ennepe-Ruhr

State Landtag

In the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis is divided between three constituencies: 104 Hagen II – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis III (containing Breckerfeld, Ennepetal, and Gevelsberg), 105 Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I (Hattingen, Schwelm, Sprockhövel, and Wetter), and 106 Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II (Herdecke and Witten). In the 2017–22 parliamentary term, all three constituencies were held by the SPD. Hagen II – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis III was represented by Falk Heinrichs, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I by Rainer Bovermann, and Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II by Nadja Büteführ.

Federal parliament

In the Bundestag, the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis is divided between two constituencies: 138 Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I (Breckerfeld, Gevelsberg, Schwelm, and Ennepetal) and 139 Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II (Hattingen, Herdecke, Sprockhövel, Wetter, and Witten). In the 20th Bundestag, both are held by the SPD. Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I is represented by Timo Schisanowski, and Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II by Axel Echeverria.

Coat of arms

In the middle of the coat of arms there is the checked red-white bar of the County of Mark, which owned the area in medieval times. The two wavy lines above and below depict the two rivers which gave the district its name, the Ruhr and the Ennepe.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Witten</span> Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Witten is a city with almost 100,000 inhabitants in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (district) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Herbede</span>

Since 1975 the former city of Herbede is a part of the city of Witten. As one of the eight boroughs of Witten, it is now called Witten-Herbede. Before the incorporation with Witten in 1975, Herbede was a city in the administrative district Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis. Herbede is placed about 5 kilometres southwest of the city of Witten in the southern Ruhr area in the Ruhr valley and has about 13,100 inhabitants today. Herbede has good bus connections and is served by bus lines 320, 374, 375, SB38, SB67 and at the weekend by night bus NE17. There are direct bus connections to central Witten, Witten-Annen, Witten-Rüdinghausen, Witten-Heven, Ruhr University Bochum, Wetter, Gevelsberg, Ennepetal, Hattingen and Wuppertal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ennepetal</span> Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gevelsberg</span> Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hattingen</span> Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Hattingen is a town in the northern part of the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Witten–Schwelm railway</span> Largely abandoned railway line in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis II</span> Federal electoral district of Germany

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References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW . Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  2. ↑ "Election of the District Administrator 13-09-2020". District Ennepe-Ruhr. 16 September 2020.

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