Herten is a town and municipality in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the industrial Ruhr Area, about 5 kilometers west of Recklinghausen.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Herten (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 60,707 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.6, longitude 7.133333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 75 m
P2046 (area)
area 37.33 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 60707 (2025)
View the Source2. Herten (Wikipedia)
Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1050
The first time Herten was mentioned in official documents was in 1050 as Herthene.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1050
The first time Herten was mentioned in official documents was in 1050 as Herthene.
Source text, founding-year: 1050
The first time Herten was mentioned in official documents was in 1050 as Herthene.
- 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
municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
View the Source3. GeoNames: Herten - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2905560
51.59638 7.14387 P PPLA4 DE 07 055 05562 05562020 65306 68 Europe/Berlin
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 68 m
View the Source 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, 7.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 7.25
51.75 7.25 Cfb
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