Herten

Herten is a locality in Herten, Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia and has about 65,300 residents. Herten is situated nearby to the suburb Disteln, as well as near the locality Backum.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Glashaus (Herten) and St. Josef.

Glashaus (Herten)

Public building

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Glashaus (Herten) is a public building.

St. Josef

Church

Photo: GeorgDerReisende, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St. Josef is a church.

St. Antonius

Church

Photo: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. Antonius is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Recklinghausen and Buer.

Recklinghausen

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Recklinghausen is a town of 114 000 in the northern Ruhr with a relatively well-preserved, attractive old town.

Buer

Suburb

Buer is the largest suburb of Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Hochstrasse in the heart of Buer is the largest shopping street in Gelsenkirchen. Buer is situated 7 km west of Herten.

Bertlich

Suburb

Photo: W.Strickling, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bertlich is a suburb, which is situated 4½ km west of Herten.

Herten

Type: Locality with 65,300 residents
Description: main settlement of Herten town, Germany
Category: human settlement
Location: Herten, Recklinghausen, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

51.5964° or 51° 35′ 47″ north

Longitude

7.1439° or 7° 8′ 38″ east

Population

65,300

Elevation

68 metres (223 feet)

United Nations Location Code

DE HRT

Open location code

9F39H4WV+HG

GeoNames ID

2905560

Wikidata ID

Q32057484

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Herten” goes by many names.

Arabic: “هيرتن”
Cebuano: “Herten”
Chinese: “黑尔滕”
Dutch: “Herten”
German: “Herten”
Kazakh: “Хертен”
Low German: “Hiätten”
Old Saxon: “Hėritono”
Persian: “هرتن”
Polish: “Herten”
Russian: “Хертен”
Serbian: “Хертен”
Ukrainian: “Гертен”

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