• Source: Gevelsberg

      • Gevelsberg (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːfl̩sˌbɛʁk] ; Westphalian: Gievelsbiärg) is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, 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 or 433 ft) and highest is the Hageböllinger Kopf (336 m or 1,102 ft). Its east-to-west length is 7.1 kilometres (4+3⁄8 miles) and the north to south length is 7.15 km (4+7⁄16 mi).


      = Division of the town

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      Asbeck
      Berge
      Gevelsberg
      Silschede


      History



      The town has a history of nearly 785 years. The archbishop of Cologne Engelbert II of Berg was killed on November 7, 1225 by his cousin Frederick of Isenberg in Gievilberch. As a consequence, a monastery of atonement (German: Sühnekloster) was established at the place of Engelbert's death and became the origin of the settlement resulting in today's Gevelsberg.
      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.


      Politics


      The current mayor of Gevelsberg is Claus Jacobi of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 2004. In the most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, Jacobi was re-elected with 87.1% of votes, defeating Felix Keßler, who was endorsed by the CDU, Free Voters, The Greens, and FDP.


      = City council

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      The Gevelsberg city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:


      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.


      Twin towns – sister cities



      Gevelsberg is twinned with:

      Vendôme, France (1973)
      Szprotawa, Poland (1996)
      Butera, Italy (2004)


      Festivities


      Gevelsberg Kirmes – held every last weekend of June
      Quellenfest – every year on Ascension Thursday to Sunday


      Notable people


      Elisabeth Höngen (1906–1997), operatic mezzo-soprano
      Michael Cramer (born 1949), politician (The Greens), member of the European Parliament
      Klaus-Peter Thaler (born 1949), cyclist
      Alexandra Popp (born 1991), footballer
      Lukas Klostermann (born 1996), footballer
      Lena Oberdorf (born 2001), footballer
      Kjell Wätjen (born 2006), footballer


      External links



      Official website (in German)


      References

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