Herten | |
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 Old centre of Herten-Westerholt | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Herten within Recklinghausen district  | |
  Herten  Herten | |
| Coordinates:51°36′N7°08′E / 51.600°N 7.133°E /51.600; 7.133 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Münster |
| District | Recklinghausen |
| Subdivisions | 9 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–25) | Matthias Müller[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 37.31 km2 (14.41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 62,204 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 45699, 45701 |
| Dialling codes | 0 23 66, 02 09 (Westerholt), 0 23 65 (Marl) |
| Vehicle registration | RE |
| Website | www |
Herten (German pronunciation:[ˈhɛʁtn̩]ⓘ;Westphalian:Hiätten) is a town and a municipality in thedistrict of Recklinghausen, inNorth Rhine-Westphalia,Germany. It is situated in the industrialRuhr Area, some 5 km (3.1 mi) west ofRecklinghausen.
Herten covers an area of 37.31 km2, with a maximum north-south extent of 9.5 km, and a maximum east-west extent of 6.5 km. The municipality's highest natural point is in Scherlebeck, close to the border withRecklinghausen, with an altitude of 110 m.[3]
Herten is divided into the following urban districts:
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Herten bordersMarl in the north, Recklinghausen in the east,Herne in the south, andGelsenkirchen in the west.
Herten was the seat of the governors of theCounty of Vest Recklinghausen, an autonomous state within theArchbishopric of Cologne. The first time Herten was mentioned in official documents was in 1050 asHerthene. In 1867 Herten was a village with 891 inhabitants. The first coal mines in Herten were founded in 1872 and Herten developed from a village to a mining town. Depending on additional workers, the coal mines attracted many people. Therefore, Herten rapidly grew by immigration from surrounding Westphalia, from the eastern provinces of Prussia and from eastern Europe. The number of inhabitants rose from 3,616 in 1890 to 6,698 in 1895 and to 12,186 in 1900.[4] At the beginning of the 1920s 18,519 people lived in Herten.[5] When Herten obtained municipal status in 1936 it had 33,000 inhabitants.
During World War II Herten was spared serious destruction, although it was hit by bombs 53 times. 62 civilians were killed and 143 injured, 18 industrial plants and commercial enterprises and 145 houses were destroyed or seriously damaged.[6] Herten as a whole was destroyed by 16%. After the war 11,600 cubic metres of demolition rubble had to be removed from the streets.[7]
After the villages Westerholt and Bertlich had been incorporated into Herten in 1975 the number of inhabitants rose to 70,676. Due to the crisis of the mining industry in the 1980s the number of inhabitants started declining. The last coal mine in Herten was closed in 2008.
Its best known sights are themoated redbrick castle ofSchloss Herten, dating back to the 14th century and surrounded by a park with a pavilion calledTabakhaus. Theorangery dating from 1725 is just being renovated.[8]
The "altes Dorf Westerholt" (Westerholt old village) with its many historichalf-timbered houses is in the northwestern part of Herten. Westerholt is known for its castleSchloss Westerholt which was founded in 1359, and its present buildings date from 1833.[9] The small chapelSchlosskapelle St. Martinus is just a small part of the remains of a church dating from 1310 which had been torn down in 1907. Beside the chapel a well-preserved medieval clocktower can be seen. Around the chapel and the castle many old wooden houses were renovated in the traditional style.
The formerEwald Colliery, which is a repurposed coal mine, now houses commercial space and a visitor center forgreen energy. Another cultural centre isGlashaus Herten dating from 1994.
Originally Herten had a train station on theOberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm railway which was inaugurated in 1905. Passenger services, however, were discontinued in 1983 and the train station has been shut since then. When the railway line was renovated and reopened for passenger trains of line no. 9 ofRhine-Ruhr S-Bahn in September 2020 the train station of Herten was not reopened again and since then the trains have passed Herten without stopping there. In August 2021, however, construction of a new train station in the centre of Herten was started. This new train stationHerten (Westf) was inaugurated on 11 December 2022.[10] Line no. 9 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn offers direct rail connections from Herten to Recklinghausen, Essen, Wuppertal and Hagen in theRhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region. Another new train station will be built in Westerholt. Its inauguration is planned for December 2024.[11]
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