Dorsten

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Dorsten
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Recklinghausen
Mayor	Lambert Lütkenhorst (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	171 km² (66 sq mi)
Elevation	74 m (243 ft)
Population	79,136 (31/12/2006)
- Density	463 /km² (1,199 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	RE
Postal codes	46282, 46284, 46286
Area codes	02362, 02369, 02866
Website	www.dorsten.de Coordinates: 51°39′36″N 6°57′51″E / 51.66, 6.96417

Dorsten (IPA: [ˈdɔʁstən]) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located on the northern edge of the Ruhr Area, along the Lippe River and the Wesel-Datteln Canal.

Schloss Lembeck

1 History
2 Main sights
3 Transportation
4 Twin towns

[edit] History

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In the 1940s, as part of the Soviet Union's ethnic cleansing programme, large numbers of people identified as ethnic Germans forcibly relocated from Rybnik, in Upper Silesia, fetched up in Dorsten. In 1994 Rybnik and Dorsten became twin towns, reflecting both the enduring contacts between the two communities and the less antagonostic relationships achieved between European governments in the wake of the Gorbachev reforms.

[edit] Main sights

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Schloss Lembeck
Old Town Hall

Other attractions of the town include the swimming hall "Atlantis", an ice stadium and the "Jewish Museum of Westphalia".

[edit] Transportation

Dorsten has its own airfield. The airfield has a grass strip with 800 metre long runway and one government-sponsored hangar. The airfield is home to a clubhouse, a swimming pool and a gliding club.