History Witten
the roburit explosion in 1906
witten first mentioned in historic sources in 1214, borough herbede (which incorporated city in 1975) dates 851. city mining town 1578. in 1946, included in north rhine-westphalia on establishment. in 1975 witten included in administrative district ennepe-ruhr-kreis , biggest city. 1975 year witten first counted have more 100,000 inhabitants, threshold considered large city ( großstadt ) in germany.
roburit explosion
in late 19th century witten known roburit dynamite. dynamite once used coal mines around world. in 1906 explosion occurred, resulting in deaths of 41 people.
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