Recklinghausen can be explored on foot, by bicycle or on the open-top sightseeing bus.
You can rent a holiday apartment in Recklinghausen.
Nature
The Emscher Landscape Park includes the Hoheward and Hoppenbruch spoil heaps. The Dragon Bridge in Recklinghausen-Hochlarmark and the Hoheward Visitor Centre are named as access points.
Culture and Urban History
Recklinghausen is described as a centre for trade, services, education and culture; the city is home to a historic old town, museums and the Ruhrtriennale Festival.
Recklinghausen lies between the Münsterland and Ruhr regions and combines a Münsterland atmosphere with the urban life of the Ruhr region.
The medieval settlement developed around St Peter's Church as a market and trading centre; the regional name Vest Recklinghausen has been documented since the early 14th century.
The visitor information lists the city harbour, parks, spoil heaps and the observatory among the excursion destinations in Recklinghausen.
The named mapped points in the vicinity of Recklinghausen include the Former Site of the Marl Power Plant, approximately 10.7 km northwest of Recklinghausen, as well as Stimberg, approximately 7.0 km northeast of Recklinghausen, Scharpenberg, approximately 8.1 km north of Recklinghausen, Dummberg, approximately 9.5 km northeast of Recklinghausen, and Dattelner Berg, approximately 10.3 km northeast of Recklinghausen. In the wider surrounding area, the Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum, approximately 20.8 km south of Recklinghausen, Vischering Castle, approximately 24.7 km northeast of Recklinghausen, and the Hardenstein Castle Ruins, approximately 22.7 km south of Recklinghausen, are also listed as named mapped points.
Sp oil heaps and monuments of industrial culture provide the setting for excursions around Recklinghausen.
The area around present-day Recklinghausen was known in the Middle Ages as Vest Recklinghausen.
Geographical Location
The district of Recklinghausen lies in central North Rhine-Westphalia and borders Borken, Coesfeld, Unna, Gelsenkirchen, Bottrop and Wesel. The district administration is located in the city of the same name.
The Recklinghausen Art Hall is associated with the city's museums.
More local pages: Castrop-Rauxel, Datteln, Dorsten, Gladbeck, Haltern Am See, Herten, Hervest, Marl, Oer-Erkenschwick, Recklinghausen, Waltrop.
