Ennepetal

Ennepetal is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was created in 1949 out of the former municipalities Milspe and Voerde. It was named after the river Ennepe, which flows through the municipality.The town was featured in the headlines when on April 12, 2005, a hostage taker snatched several school children from a school bus and took them as hostages, see Ennepetal hostage taking.Division of the townEnnepetal ist divided into nine quarters, which resemble former towns and villages. The population is shown as of 10 June 2015: Altenvoerde Bülbringen/Oberbauer Büttenberg Hasperbach Königsfeld Milspe Oelkinghausen Rüggeberg Voerde International relationsEnnepetal is twinned with: Vilvoorde, BelgiumTransportThe Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) station on the Wuppertal–Dortmund railway is served by regional trains.The town also had a station named "Voerde" on 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.