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Gladbeck

Western Europe

Gladbeck is a town in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Facts
Population
75,647 1
Area (sq km)
35.91 1
Founding Year
1020 2
Founding Year
1020 2
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
52 1
Latitude
51.57134 degrees north 1
Longitude
6.98267 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
1. Gladbeck (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 75,647 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 51.57134, longitude 6.98267
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 52 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 35.91 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 75647 (2025)
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2. Gladbeck (Wikipedia)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1020
    It was first mentioned in 1020 as Gladbeki and was originally a small village of 300 inhabitants.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1020
    It was first mentioned in 1020 as Gladbeki and was originally a small village of 300 inhabitants.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1020
    It was first mentioned in 1020 as Gladbeki and was originally a small village of 300 inhabitants.
  • 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
    is a town in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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3. GeoNames: Gladbeck - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2920236
    51.57077 6.98593 P PPL DE 07 055 05562 05562014 75499 60 Europe/Berlin
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 60 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 6.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 6.75
51.75 6.75 Cfb
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