Herne ( German: Herne ) is a city in Germany , in North Rhine-Westphalia . Located between the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen .
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| Status | non-district city | ||||
| Land | North Rhine-Westphalia | ||||
| Administrative District | Arnsberg | ||||
| Internal division | 4 subareas | ||||
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| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||||
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| Density | 3 049 people / km² | ||||
| Nationalities | Germans - 88% other nationalities - 12% (2011) [1] | ||||
| Denominations | Catholics - 32% Protestants - 32% others - 36% (2011) [2] | ||||
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| Telephone code | 02325, 02323 | ||||
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| Car code | and | ||||
| Official code | 05 9 16 000 | ||||
The population is 169.2 thousand inhabitants ( 2007 ).
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Geography
Herne lies between Bochum and Recklinghausen on the southern slope of the Escher Valley, on a sandy terrace. The city is surrounded by mining and industrial landscapes. The highest point in the city is 130 m, the lowest is 33 m above sea level. The longest city from north to south is 6.3 km, from west to east - 12.2 km.
Water
The northern border of Herne is formed for a considerable extent by Emscher , in whose valley the Rhine-Herne canal passes. The numerous tributaries of the Emscher flow through the territory of Herne. These are Börniger-Bach, Sondiger-Bach, Storhengraben, Landverbach and Rosbach , Ostbach with a tributary of Mühlenbach , Schmidesbach , Dorneburger-Bach and Hüller-Bach.
Neighbors
The following cities border Herne (clockwise from the north): Herten , Recklinghausen , and Kastrop-Rauxel (all in the Recklinghausen area), as well as Bochum and Gelsenkirchen (both separate urban districts).
Twin Cities
- Henin-Beaumont , France (1954)
- Wakefield , UK (1956)
- Ometepe , Nicaragua (1988)
- Belgorod , Russia (1990)
- Lutherstadt Eisleben , Germany (1990)
- Konin , Poland (1991)
See also
- Archaeological Museum of Westphalia-Lippe
Notes
- ↑ Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt . Regionaldatenbank Deutschland . Date of treatment May 2, 2018.
- ↑ Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt . Regionaldatenbank Deutschland . Date of appeal May 16, 2018.
- ↑ archINFORM - 1994.
- ↑ 1 2 https://www.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Aktuell/05Staedte.html
- ↑ Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 12/31/2018 (4. Quartal) - DESTATIS .