Schwelm

Schwelm is a municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr.

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Schwelm is situated in the southeast of the "Ruhrgebiet", the Ruhr Area of Germany, between Westphalia and the "Bergisches Land", a region known as Berg. Schwelm is commonly known as the "Pforte Westfalens", or the "Gate to Westphalia".

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Surrounding towns include Wuppertal, Ennepetal, Gevelsberg, and Sprockh?vel.

Ennepe-Ruhr: The Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis is a district in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the district-free cities of Bochum, Dortmund and Hagen, the districts of M?rkischer Kreis and Oberbergischer Kreis, the city of Wuppertal, the district of Mettmann an...

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...

Westphalia: Westphalia (German: Westfalen) is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, M?nster, Bielefeld, and Osnabr?ck and included in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony....