Witten
town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Summary
Witten is an urban municipality in Germany[1].
Key Facts
- Member of: Emschergenossenschaft[2], Mayors for Peace[3], Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis[5]
- Country: Germany[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Ruhr[7]
- Head of government: Dirk Leistner[8]
- Instance of: college town[9], large district town[10], big city[11]
- Shares border with: Bochum[12], Dortmund[13], Hattingen[14], Herdecke[15], Sprockhövel[16], Wetter[17]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Witten-Mitte[18], Annen[19], Bommern[20], Düren[21], Herbede[22], Heven[23], Rüdinghausen[24], Stockum[25]
- Headquarters location: Witten Town Hall[26]
- Twinned administrative body: Beauvais[27], Mallnitz[28], Lev HaSharon Regional Council[29], Bitterfeld-Wolfen[30], Kursk[31], Tczew[32], San Carlos[33], London Borough of Barking and Dagenham[34], Wolfen[35], Mekele[36]
- Postal code: 58452[37], 58453[38], 58454[39], 58455[40], 58456[41]
- Local dialing code: 02302[42]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Witten[43]
- Coordinate location: 51.43333333333333, 7.333333333333333[44]
- Located in/on physical feature: Ruhr Area[45]
- Official website: https://www.witten.de/[46]
- IPA transcription: vɪtn̩[47]
- Population: 96,565[48], 108,771[49], 96,563[50], 95,876[51], 95,107[52], 95,897[53], 95,724[54], 91,808[55], 91,474[56]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Witten include Witten/Herdecke University[57], a private university[58], in Germany[59], founded in 1982[60].
Why It Matters
Entities named for Witten include Witten/Herdecke University[57], a private university[58], in Germany[59], founded in 1982[60].