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Lüdenscheid (inhabited place) |
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| Lat: 51 13 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.2167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 007 37 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 7.6167 decimal degrees |
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Note: The city of Lüdenscheid is located between the Lenne and Volme Rivers in the hilly, wooded Sauerland area of North Rhine-Westphalia. Franks settled the site by the 9th century. It served as a prosperous iron production center in medieval times, and joined the Hanseatic League. It fell under Brandenburgian rule in 1609, passed to Prussia in 1815. A large town-wide fire severely damaged it in 1723. It has an old town with a church tower dating from 1072 at its center, and the moated castle of Neuenhof. The city's economy is driven by industrial manufacture of plastics and synthetics, aluminum, and metal products. Its 2004 estimated population was 80,200. |
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settled at least since 9th cen.; chartered in 1278 |
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center of iron industry since Middle Ages, today also produces aluminum, plastics & synthetics |
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