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'Herdecke' is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. Its located south of Dortmund in the Ruhr Area and is known as ''Die Stadt zwischen den Ruhrseen'' (lit. ''The city between the Ruhr lakes'').
The city is located in the area of the Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR).

Contents

Geography

Climate

History

Population history

Traffic

Sites of interest:

Communications

Radio

Personalities:

External links

Geography

Herdecke is located in the Ardeygebirge, the northwestern part of the Sauerland, between Dortmund in the North and Northeast, Hagen in the South, Wetter (Ruhr) in the Southwest and Witten in the West and Northwest.
The mountain rocks are made up of carbon. Quarries are founded mining sandstone, only one is still run today.
All of the lakes of the Ruhr are reservoirs. They are Hengsteysee and Harkortsee.

Climate

The average precipitation is between 850 and 900 mm. The average temperature is around 10.6°C.

History

Herdecke used to be part of Grafschaft Mark.
The ''Herdecker Kornmarkt'' was famous until the end of the 19th century.
In 1739, Frederick William I of Prussia received Herdecke city rights.
In 1939, Ende incorporated into Herdecke.

Population history

The population between 1939 and 1993 grew at 147.25%. The municipal reform kept the population over 25,000. The population after 1993 slowly declined.

Year	Population
1793	896
1939	10,713 (of 3,766 for Ende)
1961	17,218
1970	20,157
1987	25,238
1993	26,488
2002	25,982

Traffic

It is accessed to the Volmetalbahn, A1/E37 and A54/E41 and routes 54, 226 and 234.

Sites of interest:

Tourism is popular especially around and on the two Ruhr lakes. There is ''Bachviertel'', the historical part of Herdecke.

★ Ruhr Viaduct

★ Gut Schede

★ Haus Mallinckrodt

★ Haus Ende
The suburban city also has a museum, a theatre and a cinema.

Communications

Radio

★ Radio NRW (pro: ehn-ehr-veh)

Personalities:

★ Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk, member of German Bundestag

★ Lars Ricken, German football player (Borussia Dortmund)

External links

★ Official site

★ Bodendenkmal-Herdecke.de