What is Schwerte?
{{Infobox German Location |Art = Stadt |Name = Schwerte |image_photo = Schwerte im Frühling.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Schwerte |image_flag = Flagge Schwerte.svg |Wappen = DEU Schwerte COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|51|26|45|N|7|33|55|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |Lageplan = Schwerte in UN.svg |Bundesland = Nordrhein-Westfalen |Regierungsbezirk = [[Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg|Arnsberg]] |Kreis = [[Unna Rural District|Kreis Unna]] |Höhe = 120 |Fläche = 56.2 |Einwohner = 48737 |Stand = 2009-06-30 |PLZ = 58239 |Vorwahl = 02304 |Kfz = UN |Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 9 78 028 |Website = {{url|http://www.schwerte.de/}} |Bürgermeister = Heinrich Böckelühr |Partei = CDU }} '''Schwerte''' is a [[city]] in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]. About 48,000 people live there.{{when}} Schwerte is in the Ruhr valley just [[north]] of the [[mountain]]ous [[Sauerland]] [[region]]. The [[Ruhr (river)|Ruhr river]] runs through the center of Schwerte.<ref name=RT>{{cite web |url=http://www.ruhr-tourismus.de/en/staedte-im-ruhrgebiet/schwerte.html |title=Schwerte |author= |date= |website= |publisher=.Ruhr Tourismus |accessdate=15 March 2015 |archive-date=7 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907150242/http://www.ruhr-tourismus.de/en/staedte-im-ruhrgebiet/schwerte.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Schwerte is a popular [[cycling]] [[wikt:destination|destination]] for [[tourist]]s.<ref name=RT/> ==History== Schwerte received [[Civil and political rights|civic rights]] in the [[12th century]]. It was a member of the [[medieval]] [[Hanseatic League]]. During [[World War II]] Schwerte housed a branch of the [[Buchenwald concentration camp]]. The camp held 710 [[prisoner]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aussenlager.buchenwald.de/index.php?article_id=125 |title=Schwerte |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Förderverein Buchenwald |accessdate=15 March 2015 |archive-date=3 February 2015 |archive-ur