Haltern am See

Haltern am See
New town hall
New town hall
Coat of arms of Haltern am See
Location of Haltern am See within Recklinghausen district
Recklinghausen (district)North Rhine-WestphaliaDortmundBochumHerneGelsenkirchenEssenWesel (district)BottropUnna (district)Coesfeld (district)Borken (district)GladbeckRecklinghausenDattelnOer-ErkenschwickCastrop-RauxelMarlHertenWaltropHaltern am SeeDorsten
Haltern am See is located in Germany
Haltern am See
Haltern am See
Haltern am See is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Haltern am See
Haltern am See
Coordinates: 51°45′N 7°11′E / 51.750°N 7.183°E / 51.750; 7.183
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionMünsterland
DistrictRecklinghausen
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Andreas Stegemann[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total158.34 km2 (61.14 sq mi)
Elevation
40 m (130 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total38,033
 • Density240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
45721
Dialling codes02364 (Haltern am See), 02360 (Lippramsdorf)
Vehicle registrationRE
Websitewww.haltern-am-see.de

Haltern am See (Haltern at the lake, before December 2001 only Haltern) is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the Lippe and the Wesel–Datteln Canal, approx. 15 kilometres (9 miles) north of Recklinghausen.

The town is about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Düsseldorf.[3]

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  3. ^ Botelho, Greg and Catherine Shoichet. "Germanwings crash: Students, singers among the victims" (Archive). CNN. March 24, 2015. Retrieved on March 26, 2015.