Bergkamen

Bergkamen
Bergkamen city hall
Bergkamen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Arnsberg
District Unna
Mayor Roland Schäfer (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 44.8 km2 (17.3 sq mi)
Elevation 68 m  (223 ft)
Population 50,587 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 1,129 /km2 (2,925 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate UN
Postal code 59192
Area codes 02307, 02389, 02306
Website www.bergkamen.de

Bergkamen is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the river Lippe, approx. 15 km (9 mi) north-east of Dortmund and 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Hamm.

Bergkamen, a fairly new town in the East part of the Ruhrgebiet and south of the Münsterland, was founded in 1966 by the merging of at first five smaller communities. The town‘s history, however, reaches back to ancient Roman times - this can be experienced by visiting the Bergkamen Municipal Museum, which has a large Roman department, and the nearby archeological site, the “Roemerlager“.

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Main sights

Cultural events

Bergkamen is home to theatre performances at the “studio theater bergkamen“ and numerous exhibitions in the town‘s own art gallery “sohle1“ or the “Stadtmuseum“

International relations

Bergkamen is twinned with:[2]

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