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Herten

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Herten (; Westphalian: Hiätten) is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated in the industrial Ruhr Area, some west of Recklinghausen.

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Herten is a town located in the industrial Ruhr Area of western Germany, specifically in the Recklinghausen district of North Rhine-Westphalia. As part of this historically important industrial region, it represents one of many municipalities that make up the economically significant Ruhr valley.

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Key facts

German place.type
Stadt
German place.name
Herten
German place.image_photo
Herten Westerholt 2.jpg
German place.image_caption
Old centre of Herten-Westerholt
German place.image_coa
DEU Herten COA.svg
German place.image_plan
Herten in RE.svg
German place.state
Nordrhein-Westfalen
German place.region
Münster
German place.district
Recklinghausen
German place.elevation
75
German place.area
37.33
German place.postal_code
45699, 45701
German place.area_code
0 23 66,02 09 (Westerholt),0 23 65 (Marl)
German place.licence
RE, CAS, GLA
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
05 5 62 020
German place.divisions
9
German place.mayor
Fred Toplak
German place.leader_term
2025–30

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Town area
  • Neighbouring towns
  • History
  • Sights
  • Rail transport
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Herten (; Westphalian: Hiätten) is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated in the industrial Ruhr Area, some west of Recklinghausen.

==Geography==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Herten” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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