Recklinghausen facts for kids

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This article is about the town. For the rural district (county), see Recklinghausen Rural District.
Recklinghausen
Town Hall of Recklinghausen.
Town Hall of Recklinghausen.
Coat of arms of Recklinghausen
Coordinates 51°37′N 7°12′E / 51.61667°N 7.2°E / 51.61667; 7.2
Administration
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Münster
District Recklinghausen
Mayor Wolfgang Pantförder
Basic statistics
Area 66.4 km2 (25.6 sq mi)
Elevation 85 m  (279 ft)
Population 121,521  (31 December 2006)
 - Density 1,830 /km2 (4,740 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate RE
Postal codes 45601–45665
Area code 02361
Website www.recklinghausen.de

Recklinghausen is a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, belonging to the Ruhr area. It has about 120,000 inhabitants.

Members of the Hanseatic League
Wendish and
Pomeranian circle
Lübeck*† · Hamburg† · Kiel · Lüneburg · Rostock · Stade · Stettin · Stralsund · Wismar
Saxony, Thuringia,
Brandenburg circle
Poland, Prussia,
Livonia, Sweden circle
Danzig (Gdańsk) · Breslau (Wrocław)  · Dorpat (Tartu) · Fellin (Viljandi) · Elbing (Elbląg)  · Königsberg  · Kraków  · Reval (Tallinn) · Riga · Stockholm · Toruń (Thorn)* · Visby
Rhine, Westphalia,
Netherlands circle
Dortmund*† · Bochum · Breckerfeld · Cologne† · Deventer · Duisburg · Groningen · Haltern · Hamm · Hattem · Hasselt · Kampen · Münster · Oldenzaal · Osnabrück · Recklinghausen · Roermond · Soest† · Unna · Werl · Zutphen · Zwolle
Principal Kontore
(counting houses)
Bryggen (in Bergen) · Hanzekantoor (in Brugge (Bruges)) · Steelyard (in London) · Peterhof (in Novgorod)
Subsidiary Kontore
Antwerp · Berwick · Boston · Damme · Edinburgh · Hull · Ipswich · King's Lynn · Kaunas · Newcastle · Polotsk · Pskov · Yarmouth · York

Images for kids

  • Recklinghausen Stadtmarke

    Official logo of Recklinghausen

  • Recklinghausen-Merian

    Seventeenth-century Recklinghausen

  • Ikonenmuseum 2

    Icon museum of Recklinghausen (German: Ikonenmuseum)

  • Markt Recklinghausen

    central market

  • Lohtor RE NOR

    Lohtor-square with Sankt Peter´s church and sculpture of Per Kirkeby

  • AOK Recklinghausen

    former hospital in Westviertel

  • Kunibertistraße Nr. 16 (ältestes Haus der Stadt)

    half-timber houses in the city

  • Palais Vest

    new shopping mall "PALAIS VEST"

  • Stadtmauer RE NOR

    town-wall from the Middle Ages


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