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thumb|Altmarkt in the city thumb|St. Cyriacus's Church (Catholic) thumb|St. Martin's Church (Protestant) Mine: Bergwerk Prosper 2|thumb thumb|Tetrahedron landmark Bottrop () is a city in west-central Germany, on the Rhine–Herne Canal, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Located in the Ruhr industrial area, Bottrop adjoins Essen, Oberhausen, Gladbeck, and Dorsten. The city had been a coal-mining and rail center and contains factories producing coal-tar derivatives, chemicals, textiles, and machinery. Bottrop grew as a mining center beginning in the 1860s, was chartered as a city in 1921, and bombed duri

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Bottrop is a city in Germany's Ruhr industrial region that developed as a coal-mining and rail center starting in the 1860s and was officially chartered as a city in 1921. Today it remains an industrial hub producing chemicals, textiles, machinery, and coal-tar derivatives, located on the Rhine–Herne Canal in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Bottrop is referenced by 390 other articles, and connects out to amusement park, district of Germany and list of districts of Germany.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.

Vinony files it under Bottrop, Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia and Commons link from Wikidata.

Its subject is documented across 84 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

German location.type: City
German location.image_caption: Church St. Peter and Paul in Bochum
German location.image_coa: DEU Bottrop COA.svg
German location.image_flag: Flagge der Stadt Bottrop.svg
German location.state: Nordrhein-Westfalen
German location.region: Münster
German location.district: urban
German location.elevation: 60
German location.area: 100.7
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05512000
German location.postal_code: 46236–46244
German location.area_code: 02041, 02045
German location.licence: BOT
German location.mayor: Matthias Buschfeld
German location.leader_term: 2025–30
German location.Bürgermeistertitel: Lord Mayor
German location.party: SPD
German location.ruling_party1: SPD

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Wikidata facts

Part of: Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region
Official name: Bottrop
Country: Germany
Located in: Münster Government Region
Population: 118705
Area: 100.61
Elevation: 55
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Shares border with: Recklinghausen
Official website: www.bottrop.de
Image: Bottrop - Altmarkt 02 ies.jpg
Dialing code: 02045
Licence plate code: BOT

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topic's main category: Category:Bottrop
Commons category: Bottrop
postal code: 46236
twinned administrative body: Gliwice
category for people born here: Category:Born in Bottrop
time of earliest written record: 1092-00-00
category of associated people: Category:People from Bottrop
Commons gallery: Bottrop
short name: Bop
P6814: Bottrop
male population: 57101
P8168: jeans
hashtag: Bottrop

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Bottrop Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia Commons link from Wikidata Münster (region)Urban districts of North Rhine-Westphalia