Hagen - Hagen (English spelling)

An industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. Population 203,200 (2000). Located about 20 km south of Dortmund, on the northern edge of the Rhine Slate Mountains, at the confluence of tributaries on the left bank of the middle Ruhr River, it is a hub of north-south and east-west transport routes along the valley. It is a city on the southeastern edge of the Ruhr industrial area, with important industries being steel, light metals, storage batteries, paper, and confectionery, and it also has the Mark Regional Power Station. It was a small settlement until the end of the Middle Ages, but in the 17th century it became part of Prussia, and iron processing developed due to its mercantilism, and it became a city in 1746. Since the second half of the 19th century, with the development of the Ruhr industrial area, many factories have gathered here and it has also become a transportation hub. It was damaged during the Second World War, but in the process of postwar reconstruction, the disorderly development of the city center, the improvement of cultural and social facilities, and the construction of new parks have progressed.

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ドイツ西部、ノルトライン・ウェストファーレン州の工業都市。人口20万3200（2000）。ドルトムント南方約20キロメートル、ライン板岩山地の北縁、ルール川中流左岸の支流合流点に位置し、谷に沿う南北と東西の交通路の結節点にあたる。ルール工業地帯東南縁の都市で、重要な工業は鉄鋼、軽金属、蓄電池、製紙、菓子などであり、マルク地方発電所もある。中世末までは小集落であったが、17世紀にプロイセン領となってその重商主義により鉄加工業が発達し、1746年に市となる。19世紀後半以来ルール工業地帯の発達とともに多数の工場がここに集まり、また交通の中心ともなった。第二次世界大戦で被害を受けたが、戦後復興の過程で、無秩序に発達した市街中心部の整備、文化・社会施設の充実、公園の新設などが進んだ。

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