Kreisfreie Stadt Herne
Herne is a city of 156,000 people in the Ruhr area. Part of the city escaped the extensive bombing that destroyed other Rugr cities in World War II, so there are still many historical buildings, especially in the Herne-Mitte district, many of them from the Wilhelminian era.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Herne station and Schloss Strünkede.
Herne station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Herne station was opened in the inner city of Herne in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1847 together with the Cologne-Minden trunk line. It was located between the village of Herne, which had about 1,000 inhabitants, and the moated castle of Schloss Strünkede and was south of the current station on Von-der-Heydt-Strasse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riemke and Grumme.
Riemke
Suburb
Riemke is a major district of the city of Bochum, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Riemke borders to the city of Herne. The other districts of Bochum, Riemke borders to are Bergen-Hiltrop, Grumme and Hofstede. Riemke is situated 4 km south of Kreisfreie Stadt Herne.
Grumme
Suburb
Grumme is a quarter of the Westphalian city of Bochum in Germany. It is north of the city centre. Grumme has a tram line running from Gerthe to Hattingen. Grumme is situated 5 km south of Kreisfreie Stadt Herne.
Kreisfreie Stadt Herne
- Type: Locality with 156,000 residents
- Also known as: “Herne”
- Location: Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.5469° or 51° 32′ 49″ northLongitude
7.2142° or 7° 12′ 51″ eastPopulation
156,000Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)Open location code
9F39G6W7+QMGeoNames ID
3221114
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