# Hagen

Hagen is a city in the green: 42 percent of its area is covered by woods and forests, and four rivers meet on the city grounds: the rivers Ruhr, Lenne, Volme and Ennepe. It is one of 23 towns in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and is situated between the industrialized Ruhr area in the north and the rangy Sauerland in the south. In 2020, it was home to 189,000 people.

## Understand

Hagen was of little significance until the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, when the trip hammers provided the growing industry with products and led to a modest prosperity of the area. In the 19th century, Hagen became an important railway junction, and a traffic junction in the 20th century, with an urban population of 230,000 inhabitants at its peak in 1975. Hagen was hit by the steel and coal crisis of the late 20th century, and its peripheral position at the edge of the Ruhr area has led to a 20 percent reduction of population.
* City council website

## Get in
### By plane

Dortmund airport (DTM) 15 km north of Hagen is home of several low-cost airlines and serves mainly national and European travellers. If you are arriving from farther away, Düsseldorf (DUS, Cologne-Bonn (CGN) or Frankfurt Airport (FRA) may be options.

### By train

Hagen's central station (51.3622227.4616671 Hagen Hauptbahnhof ) is the junction of nationwide Deutsche Bahn and regional railway lines with connections to most major cities.
Regional Train Services 2024 :
| Line | Route | Information |
| RE4 | Dortmund – Hagen – Wuppertal – Düsseldorf – Mönchengladbach – Aachen | |
| RE7 | Rheine – Münster – Hamm – Hagen – Wuppertal – Köln – Krefeld | |
| RE13 | Hamm – Dortmund – Hagen – Wuppertal – Düsseldorf – Mönchengladbach – Venlo(NL) | |
| RE16 | Essen – Bochum – Hagen – Iserlohn | |
| RE17 | Kassel – Warburg – Schwerte – Hagen | |
| RB40 | Essen – Bochum – Witten – Hagen | |
| RB52 | Dortmund - Herdecke - Hagen - Rummenohl - (Lüdenscheid) | |
| RB91 | Iserlohn – Hagen-Hohenlimburg – Hagen | stops at all local stations |
| S5 | Dortmund – Witten – Wetter – Hagen | |
| S8 | Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal – Hagen | |
Service RE34 Dortmund - Witten - Siegen bypasses the central station and instead stops at 51.3488897.5716672 Hohenlimburg station , a suburban stop a few kilometres outside the city.

### By car

Hagen is situated at the crossing of three main motorways, A1, A45 and A46.

## Get around

Public transportation services are handled by the public transport operator Hagener Straßenbahn AG, which is part of the public transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (abbreviated VRR). Some people say, walking is the best.
* 51.35927.472113 Public Transport Information (KundenCenter City), Körnerstr. 25. M-F 08:30-18:00, Sa 09:00-14:00. (updated Feb 2024)
* 51.361487.461094 Public Transport Information (KundenCenter Bahnhof), Graf-von-Galen-Ring 24. M-F 09:00-17:00, closed Sa Su. (updated Feb 2024)

## See

Castles
* 51.3457.57051 Schloss Hohenlimburg, Alter Schlossweg 30, ☏ +49 2334 2771. Castle on a hill at Hagen-Hohenlimburg
* 51.387797.414982 Wasserschloss Werdringen, Werdringen 1, ☏ +49 2331 3067266. Moated castle at Hagen-Vorhalle
Museums
* 51.334227.477093 LWL-Freilichtmuseum Hagen (Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Handwerk und Technik), Mäckingerbach (Bus 84, 512, NE4 Freilichtmusem stop, car B54 then Eilper Str. then Selbecker Str., limited parking), ☏ +49 23 31 78 070. Tu-F 09:00-17:30 Sa 09:00-18:00. Open-air museum of handicraft and technology at Hagen-Eilpe. Various old buildings have been re-assembled here and showcase old technology and ways. under 18 free, adults €8.00.
* 51.3559317.4732734 Osthaus Museum Hagen, Museumsplatz 3, ☏ +49 23 31 20 73 138. Art gallery at Hagen-City
* 51.3558147.4734345 Emil Schumacher Museum, Museumsplatz 2, ☏ +49 23 31 30 60 066. Museum of modern art at Hagen-City. (updated Oct 2024)

## Do

* Walking in the hills surrounding the city centre, with an excellent network of hiking trails.
* Cycling along the rivers flowing through the city, and along the adjacent lakes of the Ruhr valley, like the 51.4138897.4619441 Lake Hengstey .
* 51.4208337.4888892 MERKUR Spielbank Hohensyburg (Casino Hohensyburg), Hohensyburger Str. 200, Dortmund (By car: A 1 Exit 87 or A45 Exit 7 Dortmund-Süd follow signs for HA-Hohenyburg, By bus from Hagen take bus 512 to Syburg stop), ☏ +49 231 77400, info.ho@merkur-spielbanken.nrw. Su-Th 11:00-03:00 F Sa 11:00-04:00. Casino above the hangs of Lake Hengstey, access for persons 18+ with passport or European ID card only, dress code applies, gamble responsibly. Day Ticket €5.00. (updated May 2024)

## Buy

There are two malls in the city, Volme Galerie and Rathaus Galerie.

## Eat

* 51.3582297.4770011 Cafe Bistro Mundial, Potthofstr. 22, ☏ +49 2331 183947, mundial@allerwelthaus.org. M-F 10:00-19:00, Sa 11:00-17:00. vegetarian & vegan ~€10 for a decent meal and a soft drink. (updated Nov 2018)
* 51.350047.563282 Mykonos, Hohenlimburger Str. 216, ☏ +49 2334 3598. (updated Jul 2018)
* 51.352847.481393 Kipos, Dödterstr.10, ☏ +49 2331 3404 932.
* 51.392977.482864 La Fontana, Helferstr. 60-64, ☏ +49 2331 628331.
* 51.358467.478345 Vapiano Hagen, Elbersufer 1/Märkischer Ring 88, 58095 Hagen, ☏ +49 2331 2044 751, hagen1@vapiano.de. Su-Th 10:00-23:00, F Sa 10:00-01:00. (updated Feb 2017)

## Sleep

* 51.3621157.4979921 Jugendherberge Hagen, Eppenhauser Straße 65 a, ☏ +49 2331 50254, fax: +49 2331 588576, jh-hagen@djh-wl.de. Check-in: 15:00-23:00. Youth hostel. €23.70 per night in a dorm, and up. (updated Feb 2017)
* 51.37477.492922 CampusHotel, Feithstr. 131, ☏ +49 2331 62 41 10.
* 51.3605947.4648773 City-Hotel Deutsches Haus, Bahnhofstr. 35, ☏ +49 2331 210 51.
* 51.3536197.485094 Mercure Hotel, Wasserloses Tal 4, ☏ +49 2331 3910.

## Go next

* Iserlohn
* Wuppertal - famous for its suspension railway
* Dortmund