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Oer-Erkenschwick () is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 5 km north-east of Recklinghausen, on the northern periphery of the Ruhrgebiet. When pronouncing the name, “Oer” should be pronounced like the German Ohr, not Ör.

Key facts

German location.type
Stadt
German location.name
Oer-Erkenschwick
German location.image_photo
Oer-Erkenschwick Rathaus.jpg
German location.image_caption
Town hall
German location.image_coa
DEU Oer-Erkenschwick COA.svg
German location.image_plan
Oer-Erkenschwick in RE.svg
German location.state
Nordrhein-Westfalen
German location.region
Münster
German location.district
Recklinghausen
German location.elevation
72
German location.area
38.66
German location.postal_code
45739
German location.area_code
0 23 68
German location.licence
RE
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
05 5 62 028
German location.mayor
Shoaiub Nazir
German location.leader_term
2025–30
German location.party
SPD

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Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Located in
Recklinghausen
Population
31838
Area
38.66
Elevation
72
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Official website
www.oer-erkenschwick.de
Image
Oer-Erkenschwick Rathaus.jpg
Dialing code
02368
Licence plate code
RE
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Commons category
Oer-Erkenschwick
twinned administrative body
Municipality of Kočevje
postal code
45739
hashtag
OerErkenschwick
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Oer-Erkenschwick () is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 5 km north-east of Recklinghausen, on the northern periphery of the Ruhrgebiet. When pronouncing the name, “Oer” should be pronounced like the German Ohr, not Ör.

==Geography== Oer-Erkenschwick is situated east of the city of Recklinghausen and on the southern edge of the Hohe Mark Nature Park.

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

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