Recklinghausen
city in Recklinghausen District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Recklinghausen is a big city[1]. Recklinghausen draws 4,549 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #183 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[3], Lippeverband[4], Emschergenossenschaft[5], Mayors for Peace[6], Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen[7]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Recklinghausen[8]
- Country: Germany[9]
- Head of government: Axel Tschersich[10]
- Instance of: large district town[11], Hanseatic city[12], district capital[13], urban municipality in Germany[14]
- Shares border with: Herten[15], Datteln[16], Oer-Erkenschwick[17]
- Twinned administrative body: Preston[18], Douai[19], Dordrecht[20], Acre[21], Schmalkalden[22], Bytom[23]
- Postal code: 45657[24], 45659[25], 45661[26], 45663[27], 45665[28]
- Commons category: Recklinghausen[29]
- Licence plate code: RE[30], CAS[31], GLA[32]
- Language of work or name: German[33]
- Local dialing code: 02361[34]
- Archives at: Stadt- und Vestisches Archiv Recklinghausen[35]
- Inception: 1017[36]
- Coordinate location: 51.61666666666667, 7.2[37]
- Official website: https://www.recklinghausen.de/[38]
- IPA transcription: [ʁɛklɪŋˈhaʊ̯zn̩][39]
- Topic's main category: Category:Recklinghausen[40]
- Commons gallery: Recklinghausen[41]
- Population: 120,224[42], 113,360[43], 122,437[44], 112,267[45], 110,714[46], 111,734[47], 125,400[48], 122,000[49], 111,693[50], 115,344[51], 114,851[52]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[53], Topographia Westphaliae[54], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[55], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[56]
- Capital of: Recklinghausen[57]
- Published in: Pauly–Wissowa[58]
- Official name: Recklinghausen[59]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Recklinghausen[60]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Recklinghausen include Recklinghausen[61], a rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia[62], in Germany[63], founded in 1816[64].
Why It Matters
Recklinghausen has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Recklinghausen is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]
Entities named for Recklinghausen include Recklinghausen[61], a rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia[62], in Germany[63], founded in 1816[64].