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Haltern am See (Haltern at the lake, before December 2001 only Haltern) is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the Lippe and the Wesel–Datteln Canal, approx. 15 kilometres (9 miles) north of Recklinghausen.
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| Coordinates: 51°45′N 7°11′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Münster |
| District | Recklinghausen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Andreas Stegemann[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 158.34 km2 (61.14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 37,845 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 45721 |
| Dialling codes | 02364 (Haltern am See), 02360 (Lippramsdorf) |
| Vehicle registration | RE |
| Website | www.haltern-am-see.de |
The town is about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Düsseldorf.[3]
History
Former Halteren was founded on February 3 in 1289. They received the town charter by the prince-bishop of Münster, Everhard von Dienstag.
During Kristallnacht (1938), the town's synagogue, Jewish cemetery and the houses and shops belonging to the town's Jews were vandalised. Jews were deported to concentration camps, the last five of whom were deported in January 1942.[4] Only one of the town's Jews survived the Holocaust: Alexander Lebenstein, after whom a school is named.
In March 2015, the town received international attention when 16 students and two teachers from the Joseph-König-Gymnasium in Haltern, were killed in the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash in the French Alps. They were on their way home from a student exchange with the Giola Institute in Llinars del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain.[5] Haltern's mayor, Bodo Klimpel, described it as "the darkest day in the history of our city."[6]
Gallery
Church
Former town hall
Tower: der Siebenteufelsturm
Notable people
- Benedikt Höwedes, former footballer for Juventus F.C. and Germany, was born in the city
- Joseph König (1843–1930), chemist, after whom the Joseph-König-Gymnasium is named, was born in Lavesum in Haltern
- Alexander Lebenstein, Holocaust survivor, after whom the Alexander-Lebenstein-Realschule is named, was born in Haltern
- Christoph Metzelder, former footballer for Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04, was born in the city
- Bodo Klimpel, mayor of Haltern am See between 2004 and 2020, was born in Rourkela, State of Odisha, India
- Luba Goy, German-Canadian actress and comedian, was born in Haltern in 1945 and emigrated to Canada with her parents in 1951
Twin towns – sister cities
Haltern am See is twinned with:[7]
Roost-Warendin, France
Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
References
- Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2020" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- Botelho, Greg and Catherine Shoichet. "Germanwings crash: Students, singers among the victims" (Archive). CNN. March 24, 2015. Retrieved on March 26, 2015.
- Spector, Shmuel & Vigoder, Geoffrey (eds.) (2001). The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust: A-J. p. 485. ISBN 9780814793763.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "Germanwings A320 Crash Victims Include 15 German Schoolchildren, Local Media Reports". International Business Times. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- "16 schoolchildren believed to be aboard Germanwings plane that crashed in Alps". Yahoo News. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- "Partnerstädte". haltern-am-see.de (in German). Haltern am See. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
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На других языках
[de] Haltern am See
Haltern am See (bis 2001 Haltern) ist eine mittlere kreisangehörige Stadt im Norden des Kreises Recklinghausen im Regierungsbezirk Münster in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Die Mittelstadt liegt am Nordrand des Ruhrgebiets und gleichzeitig am Südrand des Münsterlandes. Der Stadtkern liegt unmittelbar nördlich der Lippe und damit im historischen Gebiet des Hochstifts Münster; einige Ortsteile im Süden liegen jedoch links der Lippe und gehörten historisch zum Vest Recklinghausen. Auch diese Teile sind jedoch naturräumlich dem Westmünsterland zuzuordnen.- [en] Haltern am See
[es] Haltern am See
Haltern am See (Haltern en el lago), conocida simplemente como Haltern es una ciudad y un municipio en el distrito de Recklinghausen, Renania del Norte-Westfalia, Alemania. Está situado a orillas del río Lippe y del canal de Wesel-Datteln, aproximadamente 15 kilómetros al norte de Recklinghausen.[ru] Хальтерн-ам-Зе
Хальтерн-ам-Зе (нем. Haltern am See) — город в Германии, в земле Северный Рейн-Вестфалия.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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