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Recklinghausen

Recklinghausen (; ) is the northernmost city in the Ruhr-Area and the capital of the Recklinghausen district. It borders the rural Münsterland and is characterized by large fields and farms in the north and industry in the south. Recklinghausen is the 60th-largest city in Germany and the 22nd-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Recklinghausen is a major German city located at the northern edge of the industrial Ruhr region, serving as both the capital of its district and a gateway between industrial areas to the south and rural farmland to the north. As Germany's 60th-largest city, it plays a significant role in North Rhine-Westphalia's economy and geography.

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German location.type: City
German location.image_photo: Recklinghausen, Rathaus -- 2015 -- 7398.jpg
German location.image_caption: City hall
German location.image_flag: Flagge Recklinghausen.svg
German location.image_coa: DEU Recklinghausen COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Recklinghausen in RE.svg
German location.state: North Rhine-Westphalia
German location.region: Münster
German location.district: Recklinghausen
German location.elevation: 85
German location.area: 66.5
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05562032
German location.postal_code: 45601–45665
German location.area_code: 02361
German location.licence: RE, CAS, GLA
German location.website: www.recklinghausen.de
German location.mayor: Axel Tschersich
German location.leader_term: 2025–30

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Official name: Recklinghausen
Population: 111693
Area: 66.5
Elevation: 85
Official website: www.recklinghausen.de
Image: Recklinghausen, Rathaus -- 2015 -- 7398.jpg
Dialing code: 02361
Licence plate code: GLA

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Commons category: Recklinghausen
postal code: 45665
Commons gallery: Recklinghausen
short name: Reck
inception: 1017-00-00
P6814: Recklinghausen
IPA transcription: [ʁɛklɪŋˈhaʊ̯zn̩]
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History
Main sights
Annual events
Transport
Politics
Mayor
City council
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable people
Mayors since 1809
Gallery
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==History== First mentioned in 1017 as Ricoldinchuson, in 1150 the city was the center of the surrounding Vest Recklinghausen. In 1236, Recklinghausen received town privileges. There is record of Jews in the city as early as 1305. As part of the County of Vest, ownership of Recklinghausen changed several times in the 15th and 16th century, and in 1576, the entire county was pawned to the Elector of Cologne. In 1582–83, again in 1586, and again in 1587, the city was plundered by partisan armies during the Cologne War, a feud over religious parity in Electorate of Cologne and electoral influence in the Holy Roman Empire. thumb|left|260px|Seventeenth-century Recklinghausen Recklinghausen was also the site of more than 100 witchcraft trials (1514��1710). The trial activity reached a climax twice: In the time period of 1580/81 and again in 1588/89. The last person to be convicted of witchcraft was Anna Spickermann; after spending 16 months in prison, she was sentenced to death by sword and burned afterward.