Oer-Erkenschwick

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Oer-Erkenschwick within Recklinghausen district

(2020–25) Carsten Wewers^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total38.8 km² (15.0 sq mi)Elevation

72 m (236 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total31,838 • Density820/km² (2,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

45739

Dialling codes0 23 68Vehicle registrationREWebsitewww.oer-erkenschwick.de

Oer-Erkenschwick is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 5 km north-east of Recklinghausen, on the northern periphery of the Ruhrgebiet. When pronouncing the name, “Oer” should be pronounced like the German Ohr, not Ör.

Geography

Oer-Erkenschwick is situated east of the city of Recklinghausen and on the southern edge of the Hohe Mark Nature Park.

Sports

The town is the home of football club SpVgg Erkenschwick.

Twin towns – sister cities

Oer-Erkenschwick is twinned with:^[3]

Alanya, Turkey
Halluin, France
Kočevje, Slovenia
Lübbenau, Germany
North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom
Pniewy, Poland

Notable people

Moondog (1916–1999), American musician and composer, lived there for a while
Horst Szymaniak (1934–2009), footballer
Klaus Wennemann (1940–2000), actor

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Städtepartnerschaften". oer-erkenschwick.de (in German). Oer-Erkenschwick. Retrieved 2021-03-04.