Ennepetal
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Ennepetal is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr.
The town recently featured in the headlines when on April 12th, 2005, a hostage taker snapped several school children from a school bus and took them as hostages, see Ennepetal hostage taking.
Transportation
The town has a station named Voerde connecting the Kleinbahn Haspe-Voerde-Breckerfeld, which in former times was the longest streetcar in Germany. Today, the former track is being used as a walk and bicycle way, connecting the Ruhr-area to the nearby Sauerland.
Attractions
The Kluterthöhle [link] is one of the largest natural caves of Germany with a length of over 5 km.Politics
Since February 2, 2004, Ennepetal has a children and youth parliament (Kinder- und Jugendparlament in German).
Twinned cities
Localities
- Milspe
- Voerde
- Altenvoerde
- Rüggeberg
- Büttenberg
- Oberbauer
- Königsfeld
- Hasperbach
- Burg
- Homberge
- Heide
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