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Oer-Erkenschwick Latitude and Longitude:
51°38′32″N 7°15′03″E / 51.64222°N 7.25083°E / 51.64222; 7.25083
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Oer-Erkenschwick
Town
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Oer-Erkenschwick
Coat of arms
Location of Oer-Erkenschwick within Recklinghausen district
Recklinghausen (district) North Rhine-Westphalia Dortmund Bochum Herne Gelsenkirchen Essen Wesel (district) Bottrop Unna (district) Coesfeld (district) Borken (district) Gladbeck Recklinghausen Datteln Oer-Erkenschwick Castrop-Rauxel Marl Herten Waltrop Haltern am See Dorsten
Oer-Erkenschwick is located in Germany
Oer-Erkenschwick
Oer-Erkenschwick
Oer-Erkenschwick is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Oer-Erkenschwick
Oer-Erkenschwick
Coordinates: 51°38′32″N 7°15′03″E / 51.64222°N 7.25083°E / 51.64222; 7.25083
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Münster
District Recklinghausen
Government
 •  Mayor (2020–25) Carsten Wewers [1] ( CDU)
Area
 • Total38.8 km2 (15.0 sq mi)
Elevation
72 m (236 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31) [2]
 • Total31,838
 • Density820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 ( CET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Postal codes
45739
Dialling codes0 23 68
Vehicle registrationRE
Website www.oer-erkenschwick.de

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

Oer-Erkenschwick is situated east of the city of Recklinghausen and on the southern edge of the Hohe Mark Nature Park.

Sports

The town is the home of football club SpVgg Erkenschwick.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Oer-Erkenschwick is twinned with: [3]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Städtepartnerschaften". oer-erkenschwick.de (in German). Oer-Erkenschwick. Retrieved 2021-03-04.


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