ENNEPETAL

'Ennepetal' is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The town was 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.

Contents

Division of the town

Politics

Twin towns

Transportation

Notable Places

External links

Division of the town

★ Milspe

★ Voerde

★ Altenvoerde

★ Rüggeberg

★ Büttenberg

★ Oberbauer

★ Königsfeld

★ Hasperbach

★ Ennepetal-Burg

★ Homberge

★ Heide

Politics

Since February 2, 2004, Ennepetal has a children and youth parliament (''Kinder- und Jugendparlament'' in German).

Twin towns

★ Vilvoorde, Belgium

Transportation

The town had a station named Voerde connecting with 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.
When travelling from Paris to Berlin by rail, the station "Ennepetal" is the closest stop to the halfway point. Hence, this is an ideal place to stop.

Notable Places

The Kluterthöhle is the largest natural caves of Germany with a length of over 5 km.

External links

★ Official site

★ Kluterthöhle