Hagen: Germany
Hagen: Germany
Hagen: Germany
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 FernUni Hagen, the only German Open University, with approximately 56,000 students (2004/05) the largest university in North Rhine-Westphalia.