Lembeck is a village in the north of

Dorsten Dorsten (; Westphalian: ''Dössen'') is a town in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and has a population of about 75,000. Dorsten is situated on the western rim of Westphalia bordering the Rhineland. Its histori ...

which belongs to

Recklinghausen Recklinghausen (; ) is the northernmost city in the Ruhr-Area and the capital of the Recklinghausen district. It borders the rural Münsterland and is characterized by large fields and farms in the north and industry in the south. Recklinghaus ...

Nordrhein-Westfalen North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. It is located in the north

Ruhr The Ruhr ( ; , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr Area, sometimes Ruhr District, Ruhr Region, or Ruhr Valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 1,160/km2 and a populati ...

area, on the border with Münsterland. As of the year 2020, it has a total population of 5,124.

Geography

Lembeck is situated to the north of

Lippe River The Lippe () is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Rhine and in length with an elevation difference of 125 metres and a catchment area of 4.890 km². The source is located at the edge of the Teutoburg ...

, about 12 kilometers north of the city center of

. Its average elevation is 67 meters above the sea level.

Transportation

Lembeck is connected to the

Duisburg–Quakenbrück railway The Duisburg–Quakenbrück railway is a former inter-regional German railway, built by the Rhenish Railway Company (RhE) from Duisburg Central Station, Duisburg in the western Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia to Quakenbrück in Lower Saxony ...

. Lembeck train station is served every hour by the RE 14 Emscher-Münsterland Express between

Essen-Steele station Essen-Steele is located in the district of Steele, Germany, Essen-Steele in the German city of Essen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway, Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg ...

and

Coesfeld (Westf) station Coesfeld Station (Westphalia) is the main railway station of the town of Coesfeld and an important transport hub in western Münsterland in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a junction station on the Dortmund–Gronau, Essen-Co ...

Landmark

* Lembeck Castle

References

Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia {{Recklinghausen-geo-stub