Wetter | |
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 Alt-Wetter | |
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Location of Wetter (Ruhr) within Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district  | |
 Location of Wetter (Ruhr) | |
  Wetter  Wetter | |
| Coordinates:51°23′17″N07°23′42″E / 51.38806°N 7.39500°E /51.38806; 7.39500 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Arnsberg |
| District | Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–25) | Frank Hasenberg[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 31.54 km2 (12.18 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 27,450 |
| • Density | 870.3/km2 (2,254/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 58300 |
| Dialling codes | 02335 |
| Vehicle registration | EN, WIT |
| Website | www |
Wetter (Ruhr) (German pronunciation:[ˈvɛtɐ]ⓘ) is a town in westernGermany, in the federal state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia and the district ofEnnepe-Ruhr-Kreis. The riverRuhr flows through the urban area, separating the district of Alt-Wetter from the districts of Esborn, Volmarstein and Wengern. The cities ofDortmund andBochum are within 20 minutes by road or rail.
Neighbour municipalities areGevelsberg,Hagen,Herdecke,Sprockhövel andWitten. The Cities ofDortmund,Bochum,Essen andWuppertal are near.
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The town of Wetter is first documented in the year 1214 in relation with the Castle Wetter and the knights Bruno and Friedrich. Another famous castle ruin is the Castle Volmarstein which was built in the 11th century by thearchbishop of CologneFrederick I. The castle is located on the other side of theRuhr in the district of Volmarstein which has been part of Wetter since the municipal community-reform in 1970.
In 1819Friedrich Harkort founded the first industrial workshop at Castle Wetter, producing steam engines and gas light equipment. Thus he did not just develop education and social policy but also laid the cornerstone of the early industrialization of theRuhr area and Germany. The reservoir between Wetter andHerdecke, Harkortsee, and the highest mountain in the area, Harkortberg, were both named after him.
Due to the lowering bombardments in 1944/45, during theSecond World War, the town became the domicile of theReichsgau south-Westfalia, originally residing inBochum.
The current mayor of Wetter is Frank Hasenberg of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) since 2007. In the most recent mayoral election on 13 and 27 September 2020, Hasenberg advanced to the runoff with 46.9% of votes against Karen Haltaufderheide ofThe Greens, who won 20.1%.CDU candidate Stefan Wedegärtner placed third with 16.3%, followed by theFDP's Alexander Stuckenholz (10.7%), independent Eva Holzhauer (3.7%), and Christian-Social Reformers candidate Christopher Krüger (2.3%).[3] In the runoff, on a turnout of 40.3%, Hasenberg won with 59.7% of votes.[4]
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The Wetter city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
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| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 4,081 | 35.2 |  10.6 | 15 | 2 | |
| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 2,972 | 25.6 |  11.7 | 11 | 6 | |
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 2,448 | 21.1 | 2.3 | 9 | 1 | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 1,114 | 9.6 | 5.1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Citizens for Wetter (BfW) | 616 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Christian-Social Reformers (CSR) | 248 | 2.1 | New | 1 | New | |
| Die PARTEI | 120 | 1.0 | New | 0 | New | |
| Valid votes | 11,599 | 98.4 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 194 | 1.6 | ||||
| Total | 11,793 | 100.0 | 42 | 6 | ||
| Electorate/voter turnout | 22,448 | 52.5 | ||||
| Source:City of Wetter (Ruhr) | ||||||
Wetter is twinned withSouth Elmsall (England),Turawa (Poland) andStadtilm (Germany).
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