Admin. region Arnsberg Elevation 160 m (520 ft) Area 26.27 km² Local time Monday 10:34 AM Administrative region Arnsberg | Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 31,558 (30 Jun 2010) Postal code 58285 | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 52% Humidity | ||
Gevelsberg is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Contents
- Map of 58285 Gevelsberg Germany
- Geography
- Division of the town
- History
- Coat of arms
- Transport
- International relations
- Festivities
- Sons and daughters of the town
- References
Map of 58285 Gevelsberg, 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
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:
Festivities
Sons and daughters of the town
The following persons were born in Gevelsberg or live in Gevelsberg: