Schwelm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Points of interest

🇩🇪 Schwelm is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis in the administrative region of Arnsberg within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Schwelm is called the "town of neighbourhoods". It is made up of the following 13 neighbourhoods: • Aechte de Muer • Brunnen • Fronhof • Linderhausen • Loh • Möllenkotten • Oberstadt • Oehde • Ossenkamp • Parliament • Rote Wasser • Winterberg • Zur alten Post.

Points of interest Schwelm has got a historical town centre with many old houses, some of which date back to the 18th century. The Altmarkt is a historical market place lying in front of the tall Christuskirche, the town's principal Protestant church. From the Altmarkt, the decorative street Kölner Strasse leads uphill and is part of the former road to Cologne.

Until 2011, Schwelm was home to the Brauerei Schwelm, the "Schwelm Brewery", one of few remaining private breweries in North Rhine-Westphalia. Established in 1830 by Haarmann & Kathagen, the brewery was one of the first worldwide to switch from wooden to metal storage containers. The original administration building, the Rietz'sche Haus built in 1701, is an appealing house in the town center. Most of the brewery's historic production site, however, was torn down in 2012.

The oldest piano manufacturer in the world is located in Schwelm. Since 1794, Rud. Ibach Sohn has been building pianos and, until 1904, organs in Schwelm.

Europe's biggest fair-trade organisation "GEPA" was founded in Schwelm in the 1970s, but is now located in Wuppertal.

A historical Jewish cemetery, dating from the late 18th century is located in the countryside about 1.3 km south of the town's center. It is maintained by the municipality and volunteers.

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Schwelm has a population of over 28,590 people. Schwelm also forms part of the wider Ennepe-Ruhr district which has a population of over 324,000 people.

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Schwelm has links with:

🇫🇷 Montesson, France 🇫🇷 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
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Antipodal to Schwelm is: -172.733,-51.267

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