Datteln

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Datteln within Recklinghausen district

(2020–25) André Dora^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total66.08 km² (25.51 sq mi)Elevation

49 m (161 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total35,191 • Density530/km² (1,400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

45711

Dialling codes0 23 63Vehicle registrationREWebsitewww.datteln.de

Datteln is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on a crossroads of four canals (Datteln-Hamm Canal, Wesel-Datteln Canal, Dortmund-Ems Canal and Rhein-Herne Canal), which makes it the biggest canal junction in the World, approx. 10 km north-east of Recklinghausen and 20 km north-west of Dortmund.

Katja Seizinger, retired ski racing champion and triple Olympic gold medalist, was born in Datteln.^[3]

Notable people

Horst Niggemeier (1929–2000), politician, mayor of Datteln
Reinhard Lettmann (1933–2013), bishop of Münster (1980–2008)
Egon Ramms (born 1948), General, 2007–2010 commander at NATO
Klaus Eberhard (born 1957), director of Sport of German Tennis Federation and former tennis player
Ingo Anderbrügge (born 1964), football player and coach
Katja Seizinger (born 1972), World Cup alpine ski racing champion; three times the Sportswoman of the Year
Dunja Hayali (born 1974), journalist and television presenter
Charlotte Becker (born 1983), cyclist
Lukas Nottbeck (born 1988), footballer
Sarah Petrausch (born 1990), volleyball player
Dominik Steinmann (born 1997), darts player

Twin towns – sister cities

Datteln is twinned with:^[4]

Cannock Chase, England, United Kingdom
Genthin, Germany

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ Mallon, Bill; Heijmans, Jeroen (2011). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement (4 ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 322. ISBN 9780810875227. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
^ "Städtepartnerschaften/Patenschaften". datteln.de (in German). Datteln. Archived from the original on 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2021-02-01.