Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
🇩🇪 Dorsten is a town in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Dorsten is situated on the western rim of Westphalia bordering the Rhineland. Its historical old town lies on the south bank of the river Lippe and the Wesel–Datteln Canal and was granted city rights in 1251. During the twentieth century, the town was enlarged in its north by the villages of the former Herrlichkeit Lembeck. While Dorsten's northern districts are thus shaped by the rural Münsterland with its many historical castles, just south of the town is the Ruhr region, Germany's largest urban agglomeration with more than seven million inhabitants.
Tourist Industry • Schloss Lembeck • Historical Town Hall • Jewish Museum of Westphalia • Historical Tüshaus Mill.
Transport Dorsten has its own airfield. The airfield has a grass strip with a runway of 800 metres (2,600 feet) and one government-sponsored hangar being used by the local gliding club.
Dorsten station is on the Duisburg–Quakenbrück and the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Winterswijk railways and is served by regional services to Gladbeck, Bottrop, Essen, Dortmund, Borken (Westf) and Coesfeld (Westf).
Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Dorsten has a population of over 76,780 people. Dorsten also forms one of the centres of the wider Recklinghausen district which has a population of over 613,599 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Dorsten has links with:
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🇵🇱 Ostrów Wielkopolski 51.65
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🏴 High Wycombe 51.629
🇩🇪 Bitterfeld-Wolfen 51.623
Locations Near: Dorsten 6.95,51.65
🇩🇪 Gladbeck 6.967,51.567 d: 9.3
🇩🇪 Gelsenkirchen 7.058,51.578 d: 11
🇩🇪 Borken 6.867,51.833 d: 21.2
🇩🇪 Oberhausen 6.855,51.469 d: 21.1
🇩🇪 Dinslaken 6.733,51.567 d: 17.6
🇩🇪 Recklinghausen 7.193,51.614 d: 17.3
Antipodal to: Dorsten -173.05,-51.65
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