Wickede

Wickede (Ruhr)
Wickede (Ruhr)
	Train station
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wickede (Ruhr) within Soest district
	Wickede (Ruhr) Wickede (Ruhr)
	Coordinates: 51°29′47″N 07°51′57″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Soest
Subdivisions	5
Government
• Mayor	Hermann Arndt (CDU)
Area
• Total	25.2 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
Elevation	140 m (460 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	12,595
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	58739
Dialling codes	02377
Vehicle registration	SO
Website	www.wickede.de

Wickede (Ruhr) (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪkədə]) is a municipality in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Wickede lists the town of Jemielnica in Poland as its twin city and enjoys the cultural exchange and relationship.

Geography

Wickede (Ruhr) is situated on the river Ruhr which runs directly through the town and shapes the townscape. Wickede (Ruhr) is situated approximately 20 km south of Hamm and 20 km south-west of Soest. The town encompasses 25.2 square kilometers and is located on the southern flank of a hill called "Haarstrang".

Neighbouring municipalities

Aerial photograph of Wickede

Division of the town

After the local government reforms of 1969 Wickede consists of 5 districts:

Echthausen (1.622 inhabitants)
Schlückingen (218 inhabitants)
Wiehagen (1.452 inhabitants)
Wimbern (1.003 inhabitants)
Wickede (8.564 inhabitants)

Notable people

Fritz Steinhoff (1897-1969), German politician (SPD)

gollark: Politicians can just go around spouting meaningless slogans and people vote for them. The system selects for it.

gollark: I spent a while rephrasing this, but whatever: ultimately, the stupid persuasive things politicians go around doing to get votes *do work* on people.

gollark: I mean, this looks like partly blaming issues with democracy on markets on the somewhat-biased-media thing.

gollark: Wait, you sort of did though.> effective democracy and market systems require rational operation of the general population. this rational operation is inhibited via a mechanism known as "manufacturing consent"

gollark: I see.

References

"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.

External links

Official site (in German)

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[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.