Arnsberg

Arnsberg is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the north-east of the Sauerland in the Ruhr river valley, at

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. Population: 77,473 (2001). Area: 193.44 km?. It belongs to the district Hochsauerland, in the administrative region of Arnsberg.

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The current city of Arnsberg was created in 1975 by merging 14 cities and municipalities into one city. Old Arnsberg itself and Neheim-H?sten are the two urban parts, while the other parts are very rural. Neheim and H?sten had been merged in 1941.

Sauerland: The Sauerland is a rural hilly area spreading across most of the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, heavily forested and sparsely inhabited. Despite the sparse habitation, loud construction has been known to disturb the more individualistic inhabitants....

Ruhr: :For the conurbation see Ruhr Area....

Hochsauerland: Hochsauerland is a Kreis (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Soest, Paderborn, H?xter, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Olpe, M?rkischer Kreis....