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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 only German Open University, with 44,000 students the largest in the Ruhr District.

1 History, political

2 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.

3 Localities

• Dahl
• Emst
• Priorei (32,6 km² - 5.544 citizens)
• RummenohlRummenohl is a locallty of the district-free Grossstadt of Hagen in the eastern part of the Ruhr area, in 1975, the localities of Dahl and Priorei joined Hagen. This place derives from rum ( Middle High German, rummeln rumelen Danish, rumle ; and Old Scan

4 Twinning

Hagen has been twinning with these towns:

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• 1960 LiévinLievin is a chief canton and town in northern France, in the departement of Pas-de-Calais (62). It is part of the communaute d'agglomeration of Lens-Lievin ( Communaupole), which comprises 36 communes and a quarter-million inhabitants. Its population as o in FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. - Homepage
• 1963 KouvolaKouvola is a small town in southeastern Finland. It resides 134 kilometers northeast from the capital, Helsinki. Kouvola's central location within Finland's borders and as a border post between the European_Union and the East makes it a town full of hustl in FinlandSuomen TasavaltaRepubliken Finland ( In Detail) ( In Detail) National motto: None Official languages Finnish and Swedish Capital Helsinki President Tarja Halonen Prime minister Matti Vanhanen Area Total % water Ranked 64th 337,030 km² 9. 4% Population Tot - Homepage
• 1965 Montluçon in FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. - Homepage
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• 1975 Bruck an der Mur in Austria (1974-1975 Hohenlimburg ) - Homepage
• 1985 Smolensk in Russia - Homepage
• 1997 Modi'in in Israel - Homepage