Oer-Erkenschwick
Oer-Erkenschwick | |
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Location of Oer-Erkenschwick within Recklinghausen district | |
Coordinates: 51°38′32″N 7°15′03″E / 51.64222°N 7.25083°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Münster |
District | Recklinghausen |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–25) | Carsten Wewers[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 38.8 km2 (15.0 sq mi) |
Elevation | 72 m (236 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 31,838 |
• Density | 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 45739 |
Dialling codes | 0 23 68 |
Vehicle registration | RE |
Website | www |
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. When pronouncing the name, “Oer” should be pronounced like the German Ohr, not Ör.
Geography[edit]
Oer-Erkenschwick is situated east of the city of Recklinghausen and on the southern edge of the Hohe Mark Nature Park.
Sports[edit]
The town is the home of football club SpVgg Erkenschwick.
Twin towns – sister cities[edit]
Oer-Erkenschwick is twinned with:[3]
Notable people[edit]
- Moondog (1916–1999), American musician and composer, lived there for a while
- Horst Szymaniak (1934–2009), footballer
- Klaus Wennemann (1940–2000), actor
References[edit]
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Städtepartnerschaften". oer-erkenschwick.de (in German). Oer-Erkenschwick. Retrieved 2021-03-04.