Hattingen is a town in the northern part of the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the Ruhr river. It dates to 1396, when it was granted permission to build city walls, and later grew into an industrial center known for coal mining from 1720 and steel production from 1853.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude51.399167 degrees north 1 FAQs
Why did the Henrichshütte steelworks in Hattingen close?
The Route of Industrial Heritage in the Ruhr area says of the Henrichshütte: "But from 1963 the first shutdowns began; In 1987 the last blast furnace was blown out against the bitter resistance of the population. In addition to the steel crisis and competition from Japan and the USA, the location proved to be the main reason for the end: without a port of its own, it always required several transshipments to transport raw materials and products."
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1. Hattingen (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 52,969 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.399167, longitude 7.185833
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 88 m
P2046 (area)
area 71.39 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 52969 (2025)
View the Source2. Hattingen (Wikipedia)
Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1396
Hattingen was first mentioned in 1396, when the Count of Mark granted permission to build a city wall.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1396
Hattingen was first mentioned in 1396, when the Count of Mark granted permission to build a city wall.
Source text, founding-year: 1396
Hattingen was first mentioned in 1396, when the Count of Mark granted permission to build a city wall.
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
northern part of the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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