Haltern am See

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 next to the Lippe River and the Wesel-Datteln Canal, approx. 15 km north of Recklinghausen.

Town
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Coordinates: 51°45′N 7°11′E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Recklinghausen
Government
• Mayor	Bodo Klimpel (CDU)
Area
• Total	158.34 km2 (61.14 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population  (2009-06-30)
• Total	37,980
• Density	239.86/km2 (621.24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	45721
Vehicle registration	RE
Website	www.haltern-am-see.de

Twin towns

• Rochford, Essex, England
• Roost-Warendin, France
• Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria

Haltern Am See Media

• Haltern am See, church

• Haltern am See, Alte Rathaus Dm2 in straatzicht foto4 2015-04-20 13.52.jpg

  Haltern am See, townhall (Alte Rathaus) in the street

• Fernmeldeturm Hohe Mark 01.JPG

  Telecommunications tower Haltern

• Haltern-Kupferstich-Merian.png

  Haltern around 1647 (copperplate engraving by Matthäus Merian)

• Reichskarte 100 Haltern.png

  Map of the German Empire 1:100,000 of today's Haltern area at the end of the 19th century

• Haltern am See, Gänsemarkt -- 2013 -- 0202.jpg

  Goose market (Gänsemarkt)

• Haltern am See, Siebenteufelsturm -- 2013 -- 0205.jpg

  Siebenteufelsturm in Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

• Haltern am See, Brunnenskulptur am Merschtor -- 2013 -- 0215.jpg

  Fountain sculpture at the Merschtor

• Galenpark.jpg

  Kardinal Graf von Galen statue in the Kardinal-Graf-von-Galen-Park

• Church of Saint Sixtus and market fountain, Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Other websites

• Livius.org: Roman fortress Haltern Archived 2008-05-10 at the Wayback Machine