Hünxe () is a municipality in the
district of Wesel, in
North Rhine-Westphalia
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,
Germany
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. It is part of the
Rhine-Waal euroregion
Geography
Hünxe is located approximately 10
km east of
Wesel and 9 km north of
Dinslaken. The neighbouring municipalities are:
Schermbeck,
Dorsten,
Bottrop
Bottrop () is a city in west-central Germany, on the Rhine–Herne Canal, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Located in the Ruhr area, Ruhr industrial area, Bottrop adjoins Essen, Oberhausen, Gladbeck, and Dorsten. The city had been a coal-mining and ...
,
Dinslaken,
Voerde,
Wesel und
Hamminkeln.
The most part of the municipality belongs to the
natural park ''Hohe Mark''. The river
Lippe and the
Wesel–Datteln Canal cross the municipality.
Area
The municipality of Hünxe spans over an area of 106,80 km
2. It is divided into the six subdivisions of Hünxe,
Bruckhausen,
Bucholtwelmen,
Drevenack,
Gartrop-Bühl and
Krudenburg.
People
*
Rainer Keller (1965-2022), German politician (SPD)
*
Alfred Grimm (born 1943), German artist
*
Jacob Riegel (born 2004), German racing driver
References
External links
Wesel (district)
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