Vörfken
Vörfken is a residential area in Schwelm, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia. Vörfken is situated nearby to the railway stop Schwelm West station, as well as near the suburb Nächstebreck.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Schwelm West station and Kulturzentrum Bandfabrik.
Schwelm West station
Railway stop
Photo: Pitichinaccio, Public domain.
Schwelm West station is a through station in the town of Schwelm in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened on 29 May 1988 on a section of the Elberfeld–Dortmund railway from Döppersberg, near the current Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof, to Schwelm that was opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company on 9 October 1847. Schwelm West station is situated 510 metres southeast of Vörfken.
Kulturzentrum Bandfabrik
Arts center
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kulturzentrum Bandfabrik is a theatre in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Kulturzentrum Bandfabrik is situated 1½ km south of Vörfken.
Schwelm station
Railway station
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Schwelm station is the most important station in the city of Schwelm in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. All regional and S-Bahn trains stop at the station. Long-distance services pass through without stopping. Schwelm station is situated 1½ km east of Vörfken.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nächstebreck and Schwelm.
Schwelm
Town
Photo: Falcon222, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schwelm is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis in the administrative region of Arnsberg within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany.
Langerfeld
Suburb
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Langerfeld is a borough of the German city of Wuppertal. On 24 June 2018, an explosion in the area damaged an apartment complex and surroundings. The blast was powerful and destroyed the three top floors of the block and a parked car.
Vörfken
- Type: Residential area
- Also known as: “Voerfken”
- Location: Schwelm, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.28899° or 51° 17′ 20″ northLongitude
7.26465° or 7° 15′ 53″ eastElevation
216 metres (709 feet)Open location code
9F3977Q7+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 91479127OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialGeoNames ID
2816118
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