Wesel

Wesel is a Kreis in the northwestern part of , Germany. Neighboring districts are , , district-free cities , , and , districts , Cleves.
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  • Type: Locality with 458,000 residents
  • Description: district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Also known as: “DEA1F”, “Wesel (district)”, “ヴェ―ゼル郡”, and “ヴェーゼル地区”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Wesel Citadel and Berliner Tor.

Castle
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The is the largest intact fortification…

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Railway station
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Wesel is a railway station in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wesel and Voerde.

Town
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is a city in , in western .

Town
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is a town in the district of Wesel, in , . is situated 6 km southeast of Wesel.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 4 km northwest of Wesel.

Wesel

Latitude
51.6436° or 51° 38′ 37″ north
Longitude
6.6392° or 6° 38′ 21″ east
Population
458,000
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
9F38JJVQ+CM
Geo­Names ID
2810674
Wiki­data ID
Q6245
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Western Frisian—“Wesel” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Districto de Wesel”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vezel”
  • Bavarian: “Kroas Wesel”
  • Catalan: “Wesel”
  • Cebuano: “Kreis Wesel”
  • Chinese: “韋瑟爾縣”
  • Chinese: “韦塞尔县”
  • Chinese: “韦瑟尔县”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Wesel”
  • Dutch: “Kreis Wesel”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Wesel”
  • Estonian: “Weseli kreis”
  • French: “arrondissement de Wesel”
  • French: “Arrondissement de Wesel”
  • Georgian: “ვეზელის რაიონი”
  • German: “Kreis Wesel”
  • Greek: “Βέζελ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז וזל”
  • Hungarian: “Wesel járás”
  • Indonesian: “Wesel”
  • Italian: “circondario di Wesel”
  • Italian: “Circondario di Wesel”
  • Japanese: “ヴェーゼル郡”
  • Kazakh: “Везель”
  • Korean: “베젤군”
  • Kurdish: “Wesel”
  • Ladin: “Kreis Wesel”
  • Limburgan: “Kreis Wesel”
  • Macedonian: “Везел”
  • Malay: “Wesel”
  • Northern Frisian: “Wesel (Kris)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Wesel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kreis Wesel”
  • Norwegian: “Kreis Wesel”
  • Persian: “وزل (ناحیه)”
  • Persian: “وزل”
  • Polish: “Powiat Wesel”
  • Portuguese: “Wesel”
  • Romanian: “Wesel”
  • Russian: “Везель”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Wesel”
  • Scots: “Wesel”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Wesel”
  • Spanish: “Wesel”
  • Swedish: “Kreis Wesel”
  • Turkish: “Kreis Wesel”
  • Ukrainian: “Везель”
  • Urdu: “ویزل (ضلع)”
  • Urdu: “ویزل”
  • Uzbek: “Wesel”
  • Vietnamese: “Wesel”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wesel”
  • Western Frisian: “Wesel”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Lippedorf and Oberemmelsum.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Büdericher Insel and Wesel.

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