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14-630: Lüdenscheid is located on the saddle of the watershed between the Lenne and Volme rivers which both empty into the Ruhr river (which subsequently flows into the Rhine ), with three smaller valleys leading to them. The saddle has a height of 420 meters, higher elevations on the watershed are an unnamed hilltop of 505 meters in the north, and the 663 meters high Nordhelle in the Ebbe Mountains range. In

28-818: A skaterhockey-team playing in the highest German league, the Bundesliga. The Lüdenscheider Altstadtbühne ist a part of the culture in Lüdenscheid. It is based in the Luisenstraße. Lüdenscheid is twinned with: One of Lüdenscheid's newspapers is the Lüdenscheider Nachrichten with its Süderländer Volksfreund . Lenne The Lenne is a tributary of the river Ruhr in the Sauerland hills, western Germany . It has caused flooding in recent years. Having its source on top of

42-589: Is 79 cubic metres per second (2,800 cu ft/s) at Mülheim near its mouth. Thus, its discharge is, for example, comparable to that of the river Ems in Northern Germany or the River Thames in the United Kingdom . The Ruhr first passes the towns of Meschede , Arnsberg , Wickede , Fröndenberg , Holzwickede , Iserlohn , and Schwerte . Then the river marks the southern limit of

56-501: Is a river in western Germany ( North Rhine-Westphalia ), a right tributary (east-side) of the Rhine . The source of the Ruhr is near the town of Winterberg in the mountainous Sauerland region, at an elevation of approximately 670 metres (2,200 ft). It flows into the lower Rhine at an elevation of only 17 metres (56 ft) in the municipal area of Duisburg . Its total length is 219 km (136 mi), its average discharge

70-650: The Kahler Asten near Winterberg in an intermittent spring at an elevation of 2,687 ft (819 m), the Lenne ends after a course of 129 km flowing into the Ruhr river near the city of Hagen . With an average discharge of 25 m³/s near its mouth, it is the main tributary of the Ruhr . This article related to a river in North Rhine-Westphalia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ruhr (river) The Ruhr

84-540: The Ruhr area , passing Hagen , Dortmund , Herdecke , Wetter , Witten , Bochum , Hattingen , Essen , Mülheim , and Duisburg . The Ruhr area was Germany's primary industrial area during the early- to mid-20th century. Most factories were located there. The occupation of the Ruhr from 1923 to 1924 by French forces, due to the Weimar Republic 's failure to continue paying reparations from World War I , provoked passive resistance , which saw production in

98-623: The 9th century, the first mention of the place as a village was made in 1067 and as a city in 1268. In the 15th and 16th century Lüdenscheid was a member of the Hanseatic League . Since 1609 the town belonged to the Electorate of Brandenburg , the later Prussia . In 1815 it became part of the new Prussian Province of Westphalia , and 1975, with the creation of the Märkischer Kreis, became seat of its administration. In 1898

112-465: The aluminium framework of the first Zeppelin airship was built in the factory of Carl Berg in Lüdenscheid. Lüdenscheid is a predominantly industrial city with small and medium-sized firms in the metal and plastics industry . The largest company employs 2,000 people in Lüdenscheid, with other firms employing 800 people or less. The economic importance came to the fore in the Middle Ages , when

126-429: The city became a centre for metal ore mining in the surrounding area, through the ( "osemund"/osmond iron ). The ore was processed by the hammers and wire drawers of Lüdenscheid, serviced by water power in the surrounding valleys. A number of artisanal smitheries in Lüdenscheid made finished products out of those materials. In order to market these products to a wider area, Lüdenscheid joined the Hanseatic League . With

140-580: The city rights that Lüdenscheid received in 1287. "Lüdenscheid-Nord" is a demeaning and satirical name, most commonly used by the fans of FC Schalke 04 to mock the football club Borussia Dortmund . The real football club Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid is playing in the Bezirksliga, the eight level below the Bundesliga , but did play once in the second Bundesliga Nord (Northern section) for two seasons in 1977–78 and 1978–79. The Highlander Lüdenscheid are

154-672: The emergence of the industrial age, the production of buttons and buckles played a large role, reflected in the Button Museum. Later, new materials like aluminium, bakelite, and plastics were adopted. A supporting industry producing the forms for the stamping, blanking, pressing and casting emerged and still plays an important part in Lüdenscheid's industry. Production of parts of the auto industry and of fittings for electrical installations play an important role as well as continuous casting of aluminium profiles. Products notable to end consumers are lamps and lighting systems and toys. One of

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168-569: The factories grind to a halt. As a result, the German hyperinflation crisis grew even worse. During World War II , two of the dams on the Ruhr, the Möhne Dam and the Sorpe Dam were targets for Operation Chastise , in which special "bouncing bombs" were developed to take out the dams and flood the valley, with the hope of seriously affecting the German industries there. The story was told in

182-594: The five branches of South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences is in Lüdenscheid. See also the Fachhochschule Südwestfalen (FH SWF)), which offers various engineering programmes and is located in the city. The coat of arms shows Saint Medardus as the patron of the city. Below it has the red-and-white checked fess from the arms of the Counts of the Mark . The city wall at the bottom denotes

196-401: The surrounding mountainous area, six dams created reservoirs to regulate the water flow in the Ruhr river and supply drinking water. The mountainous nature of the city's territory gave rise to the nickname "Bergstadt" (mountain town). The original settlement circles around the church built on a ledge of the slope above the saddle. While first settlement in the Lüdenscheid area is confirmed for

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