Hagen

:Hagen is also the name of a legendary hero in medieval German literature.

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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.

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In this place the rivers Lenne, Volme and Ennepe meet the river Ruhr. The population is 202,000.

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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), making it the largest university in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Bundesland: Bundesland (plural Bundesl?nder), also known as Land (plural L?nder) is the German language name for the federal states of Austria and Germany....

Ruhr area: The Ruhr Area (German Ruhrgebiet or, colloquially, Ruhrpott) is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, consisting of a number of large industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to the west, and Lippe to the north. Southwest it borders the Bergisches Land. The area...

Hagen related Images and Photos (experimental)

Golfers Walter Hagen and Louis Tellier Photograph