Datteln is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in

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. It is situated on the biggest canal junction in the world, where the Datteln-Hamm Canal, Wesel-Datteln Canal, Dortmund-Ems Canal, and Rhein-Herne Canal intersect. It lies approximately 10 km north-east of Recklinghausen and 20 km north-west of

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. Katja Seizinger, retired

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champion and triple Olympic gold medalist, was born in Datteln. Coal power plant Datteln 2 Crop1

Notable people

* Horst Niggemeier (1929–2000), politician, mayor of Datteln * Reinhard Lettmann (1933–2013), bishop of Münster (1980–2008) *

Egon Ramms Egon Ramms (born September 21, 1948 in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired German general who held numerous international commands. Ramms is a father of two. His last assignment was commander of NATO's Joint Force Command in Bruns ...

(born 1948), General, 2007–2010 commander at NATO * Klaus Eberhard (born 1957), director of Sport of German Tennis Federation and former tennis player * Ingo Anderbrügge (born 1964), football player and coach * Katja Seizinger (born 1972),

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alpine ski racing champion; three times the ''Sportswoman of the Year'' * Dunja Hayali (born 1974), journalist and television presenter * Charlotte Becker (born 1983), cyclist * Lukas Nottbeck (born 1988), footballer * Sarah Petrausch (born 1990), volleyball player * Dominik Steinmann (born 1997), darts player * Phil Harres (born 2002), footballer

Twin towns – sister cities

Datteln is twinned with: *

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, England, United Kingdom * Genthin, Germany

References

Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia Recklinghausen (district) {{Recklinghausen-geo-stub