Gevelsberg

Gevelsberg
Gevelsberg in summer
Coat of arms
Gevelsberg
Location of Gevelsberg within Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district
Coordinates: 51°19′N 7°20′E / 51.317°N 7.333°ECoordinates: 51°19′N 7°20′E / 51.317°N 7.333°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Claus Jacobi (SPD)
Area
• Total	26.27 km^2 (10.14 sq mi)
Population (2014-12-31)[1]
• Total	31,146
• Density	1,200/km^2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	58285
Dialling codes	0 23 32
Vehicle registration	EN
Website	www.gevelsberg.de

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

Geography

The town lies in the valley of the river Ennepe in the Süder Uplands, which is part of the Rhenish Massif. Gevelsberg lies about halfway between Wuppertal and Hagen, and is part of the industrial Ruhr Region. The lowest elevation is the Ennepe river at Vogelsang (132 m (433 ft)) and highest is the Hageböllinger Kopf (336 m (1,102 ft)). Its east-to-west length is 7.1 kilometres (4.4 miles) and the north to south length is 7.15 km (4.44 mi).

Division of the town

• Asbeck
• Berge
• Gevelsberg
• Silschede

History

The city has a history of nearly 780 years. The archbishop of Cologne Engelbert II of Berg was killed on November 7, 1225 by his cousin Frederick of Isenberg in Gievilberch.

The population grew strongly in the 19th century, when many small industries related to iron processing were developed.

Coat of arms

Gevelsberg received its coat of arms (a brick gable on a green hill, and a cogwheel indicating its industry) by decree of the Prussian Department of the Interior in 1903. In the mid-1950s a city wall was added to the coat of arms.

Transport

Gevelsberg is connected to the national road network by the A1 autobahn and the B 7 and B 234 roads.

The municipality is served by several regional train lines of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr. There are four stations on the local line from Hagen to Wuppertal (Gevelsberg-Knapp, Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof, Gevelsberg-Kipp and Gevelsberg West) served by the S 8 trains of the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn. Three hourly Regional-Express services, the Wupper-Express (RE 4) between Dortmund and Aachen via Düsseldorf, the Rhein-Münsterland-Express (RE 7) between Krefeld and Münster via Cologne and Hamm and the Maas-Wupper-Express (RE 13) between Venlo (Netherlands) and Hamm via Mönchengladbach, stop at Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) station.

International relations

Gevelsberg is twinned with:^[2]

• Vendôme, France^[2]
• Szprotawa, Poland, since May 17, 1996^[2]
• Butera, Italy, since May 8, 2004.^[2] Some 1,000 people from Butera and Caltanisetta (Sicily) live in Gevelsberg.

Festivities

• Gevelsberg Kirmes - held every last weekend of June
• Quellenfest - every year on Ascension Thursday to Sunday

External links

• www.gevelsberg.de (German)

References

Notes

1. "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen". Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (in German). 23 September 2015.
2. "List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District" (PDF). © 2009 Twins2010.com. Retrieved 2009-10-28. External link in |publisher= (help)