Haltern

Haltern am See
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Recklinghausen
Mayor	Bodo Klimpel (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	158.34 km² (61.1 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (131 ft)
Population	37,954 (31/12/2006)
- Density	240 /km² (621 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	RE
Postal code	45721
Area codes	02364 (Haltern am See), 02360 (Lippramsdorf)
Website	www.haltern.de Coordinates: 51°45′00″N 7°11′00″E / 51.75, 7.183333

Haltern (also: Haltern am See, Haltern at the lake) is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the Lippe River and the Wesel-Datteln Canal, approx. 15 km north of Recklinghausen.

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v • d • e Members of the Hanseatic League

Wendish and Pomeranian circle	Lübeck*† · Hamburg† · Kiel · Lüneburg · Rostock · Stade · Stargard · Stettin · Stralsund · Wismar

Saxony, Thuringia, Brandenburg circle	Brunswick* · Berlin · Brandenburg · Bremen† · Erfurt · Frankfurt · Goslar · Halle · Magdeburg

Poland, Prussia, Livonia, Sweden circle	Danzig (Gdańsk) · Breslau (Wrocław) · Dorpat (Tartu) · Fellin (Viljandi) · Elbing (Elbląg) · Königsberg (Kaliningrad) · Kraków · Reval (Tallinn) · Riga · Stockholm · Toruń (Thorn)* · Visby

Rhine, Westphalia, Netherlands circle	Dortmund† · Bochum · Breckerfeld · Cologne† · Deventer · Duisburg · Groningen · Haltern* · Hamm · Harderwijk · Hattem · Hasselt · Kampen · Münster · Oldenzaal · Osnabrück · Recklinghausen · Roermond · Soest† · Unna · Werl · Zutphen · Zwolle

Principal Kontore (counting houses)	Bryggen (in Bergen) · Hanzekantoor (in Brugge (Bruges)) · Steelyard (in London) · Peterhof (in Novgorod)

Subsidiary Kontore	Antwerp · Berwick · Boston · Damme · Edinburgh · Hull · Ipswich · King's Lynn · Kaunas · Newcastle · Polotsk · Pskov · Yarmouth · York

* Chief city of its circle † Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire