Datteln is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. It is situated on the biggest canal junction in the world, where the

Datteln-Hamm Canal The Datteln-Hamm Canal () is a canal in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It links the Dortmund-Ems Canal at Datteln to the city of Hamm, ending at the Kraftwerk Westfalen power station near the Lippe river. The canal is long and ha ...

, Wesel-Datteln Canal, Dortmund-Ems Canal, and Rhein-Herne Canal intersect. It lies approximately 10 km north-east of

Recklinghausen Recklinghausen (; ) is the northernmost city in the Ruhr-Area and the capital of the Recklinghausen district. It borders the rural Münsterland and is characterized by large fields and farms in the north and industry in the south. Recklinghaus ...

and 20 km north-west of

Dortmund Dortmund (; ; ) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the List of cities in Germany by population, ninth-largest city in Germany. With a population of 614,495 inhabitants, it is the largest city ...

Katja Seizinger Katja Seizinger (; born 10 May 1972) is a German former World Cup alpine ski racing champion. She is her country's most successful alpine skier. Biography Born in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Seizinger won three Olympic gold and two bronze ...

, retired

ski racing Ski racing may refer to: ;Winter Olympic sports: * Alpine skiing * Part of the biathlon ** Military patrol, the biathlon's predecessor sport * Cross-country skiing (sport) * Some of the freestyle skiing events, such as: ** Mogul skiing, where s ...

champion and triple

Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece bet ...

gold medalist, was born in Datteln. Coal power plant Datteln 2 Crop1

Notable people

* Horst Niggemeier (1929–2000), politician, mayor of Datteln *

Reinhard Lettmann Reinhard Lettmann (9 March 1933 – 16 April 2013) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Münster, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea an ...

(1933–2013), bishop of Münster (1980–2008) *

Egon Ramms Egon Ramms (born September 21, 1948 in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired German general who held numerous international commands. Ramms is a father of two. His last assignment was commander of NATO's Joint Force Command in Bruns ...

(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 Ingo Anderbrügge (; born 2 January 1964) is a German former professional footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder. Football career Anderbrügge was born in Datteln. He started playing professionally with Borussia Dortmund, making ...

(born 1964), football player and coach *

(born 1972),

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...

alpine ski racing champion; three times the ''Sportswoman of the Year'' *

Dunja Hayali Dunja Hayali (born 6 June 1974) is a German journalist and television presenter for public broadcaster ''ZDF''. She has an interest in sports, and is also known for her social activism. Early life and education Hayali is the daughter of Assyri ...

(born 1974), journalist and television presenter *

Charlotte Becker Charlotte Becker (born 19 May 1983 in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, but finish ...

(born 1983), cyclist *

Lukas Nottbeck Lukas Nottbeck (born October 22, 1988) is a German footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadia ...

(born 1988), footballer *

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(born 1990), volleyball player *

Dominik Steinmann Dominic, Dominik or Dominick is a male given name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". The most promi ...

(born 1997), darts player *

Phil Harres Phil Harres (born 25 March 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Holstein Kiel. Career As a youth player, Harres joined the youth academy of Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund. Stints at the youth academies of VfL B ...

(born 2002), footballer

Twin towns – sister cities

Datteln is twinned with: *

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, England, United Kingdom *

Genthin Genthin () is a town in Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Geography Genthin is situated east of the Elbe river on the Elbe-Havel Canal, approx. northeast of Magdeburg and west of Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg. The m ...

, Germany

References

Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia Recklinghausen (district) {{Recklinghausen-geo-stub