Hagen
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- Hagen is also the name of a legendary hero in medieval German literature.
Hagen is the 37th largest city in Germany, located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the eastern edge of the Ruhr area - 15 km south of Dortmund.
In this place the rivers Lenne, Volme and Ennepe meet the river Ruhr. Population: 202,000.
Hagen was first mentioned about 800, the name of a farm at the junctions of Volme and Ennepe. The growth of the city began in the 19th century with the mining of coal and the production of steel in the Ruhr District. In the 20th century Hagen became a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants. In the city there is the FernUni Hagen, the only German Open University, with approximately 56,000 students (2004/05) the largest university in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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History, political
History, economic
Due to the extensive use of water power along the rivers Ruhr, Lenne, Volme and Ennepe, metal processing played an important role in the region of Hagen in and even before the 15th century.
In the 17th and 18th century, textile and steel industries as well as paper producing followed.
Localities
Twinning
Hagen has been twinning with these towns:
- 1955 Elk in Poland (17.06.1955) - Homepage (http://www.elk.pl)
- 1960 Liévin in France - Homepage (http://www.ville-lievin.fr)
- 1963 Kouvola in Finland - Homepage (http://www.kouvola.fi)
- 1965 Montluçon in France - Homepage (http://www.mairie-montlucon.fr)
- 1967 Berlin-Steglitz/Zehlendorf in Germany - Homepage (http://www.berlin.de/ba-steglitz-zehlendorf/index.html)
- 1975 Bruck an der Mur in Austria (1974-1975 Hohenlimburg) - Homepage (http://www.bruckmur.at)
- 1985 Smolensk in Russia - Homepage (http://www.smolensk.ru)
- 1997 Modi'in in Israel - Homepage (http://www.modiin.net/)
Personalities
External links
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