Hagen - Twinning, Personalities

51°22N 7°27E, pop (2000e) 222 000. Industrial city in Freiburg district, W Germany; 48 km/30 mi ENE of Düsseldorf; at junction of important traffic routes; birthplace of Karl Adam; railway; household goods, ironworking, accumulators, foodstuffs, textiles, paper; Westphalian Open-Air Museum of Technology.

Coordinates: 51°22′N 7°29′E

Hagen
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region	Arnsberg
District	urban district
Population	200,004 (Nov 2005)
Area	160.4 km²
Population density	1,234 /km²
Elevation	106 m
Coordinates	51°22′ N 7°29′ E
Postal code	58000-58139
Area code	02331, 02334, 02337
Licence plate code	HA
Mayor	Peter Demnitz (SPD)
Website	hagen.de

Hagen is the 37th largest city in Germany, located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Twinning

Hagen has been twinned with these towns:

- Ełk (Poland), since 1955 - Liévin (France), since 1960 - Kouvola (Finland), since 1963 - Montluçon (France), since 1965

- Berlin-Steglitz/Zehlendorf (Germany), since 1967 - Bruck an der Mur (Austria), since 1975 - Smolensk (Russia), since 1985 - Modi'in (Israel), since 1997

Personalities

Sir Charles Hallé (Karl Halle) was born here in 1819 Nena (born 24 March 1960) in Hagen), German pop singer Salvatore Gambino (born 27 November 1983 in Hagen), a German footballer, who currently plays for Borussia Dortmund