Datteln Power Station

Datteln Power Station is a modern coal-fired thermal power station in Datteln, Recklinghausen, 12 km north of Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Type: Greenfield land
Description: power station in Germany
Also known as: “Datteln power station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Neues Schiffshebewerk Henrichenburg and Henrichenburg boat lift.

Neues Schiffshebewerk Henrichenburg

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Neues Schiffshebewerk Henrichenburg is situated 1¼ km south of Datteln Power Station.

Henrichenburg boat lift

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The Henrichenburg boat lift facilitates a change in elevation of the Dortmund-Ems-Kanal in Waltrop-Oberwiese. The boat lift is part of the Waltrop Lock Park, which includes the old Henrichenburg boat lift built in 1899, a disused shaft lock from 1912, the new boat lift built in 1962 and a modern ship lock from 1989. Henrichenburg boat lift is situated 1½ km south of Datteln Power Station.

Vestische Kinder- und Jugendklinik Datteln

Hospital

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Vestische Kinder- und Jugendklinik Datteln is a hospital, which is situated 1½ km north of Datteln Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Horneburg and Henrichenburg.

Horneburg

Hamlet

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Horneburg is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km west of Datteln Power Station.

Henrichenburg

Suburb

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Henrichenburg is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km south of Datteln Power Station.

Oer-Erkenschwick

Town

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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. Oer-Erkenschwick is situated 5 km west of Datteln Power Station.

Datteln Power Station

Categories: coal-fired power station and combined heat and power station
Location: Datteln, Recklinghausen, Münster, Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

51.63001° or 51° 37′ 48″ north

Longitude

7.33016° or 7° 19′ 49″ east

Open location code

9F39J8JJ+23

OpenStreetMap ID

way 23076692

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=greenfield

Wikidata ID

Q1786083

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In Other Languages

From French to Upper Sorbian—“Datteln Power Station” goes by many names.

French: “centrale thermique de Datteln”
French: “Centrale thermique de Datteln”
German: “Datteln 4”
German: “Datteln IV”
German: “Kraftwerk Datteln”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Datteln kraftverk”
Norwegian: “Datteln kraftverk”
Upper Sorbian: “Milinarnja Datteln”

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