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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Münster

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
35,513 (31 Dec 2010)

Postal code
  
45711

State
  
North Rhine-Westphalia

District
  
Recklinghausen

Postal codes
  
45711

Local time
  
Saturday 5:37 AM

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Weather
  
10°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 64% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Hermann-Grochtmann-Museum, Kanalbrücke Alte Fahrt, Hohe Mark Tourismus e.V.

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.

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Map of Datteln, Germany

Katja Seizinger, former alpine skier and triple Olympic gold medallist, was born in Datteln.

In Datteln born

  • 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 German professional tennis player
  • Ingo Anderbrügge (born 1964), football player and coach
  • Katja Seizinger (born 1972), ski racer; three times Sportswoman of the Year
  • Dunja Hayali (born 1974), journalist and television presenter
  • Charlotte Becker (born 1983), cyclist
  • Lukas Nottbeck (born 1988), football player
  • Sarah Petrausch (born 1990), German volleyball national team player

    • International relations

    Datteln is twinned with:

  • Cannock Chase, England, United Kingdom
  • Genthin, Germany

    • References

    Datteln Wikipedia
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