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Location of Dorsten within Recklinghausen district
Coordinates: :
Government
 o 
Tobias Stockhoff ()
 o Total
171 km2 (66 sq mi)
74 m (243 ft)
Population ()
 o Total
 o Density
440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
/ (UTC+1/+2)
Dorsten in 1641
Dorsten (German pronunciation: ) is a town in the district of
and has a population of just below 80,000.
Dorsten is situated on the western rim of
bordering the . Its historical old town lies on the south bank of the
and was granted city rights in 1251. During the twentieth century, the town was enlarged in its north by the villages of the former
Lembeck. While Dorsten's northern districts are thus shaped by the rural
with its many historical , just south of the town the
begins, Germany's largest
with more than seven million inhabitants.
The exact linguistic derivation of the word "Dorsten" is unknown, leaving the meaning of the town's name unclear.
Archaeological findings show that the area was already populated during the
Ages, from about 4000 BC onwards. The Romans established a
in Dorsten-Holsterhausen in 11 BC and
passed through it in 9BC on his way to the .
From around 700 AD onwards, the
began to evangelise the area around Dorsten.
, together with the , granted Dorsten the
in 1251. Due to its economically favourable position on the river Lippe, the town became a member of the
of international trading cities and turned into the richest town in the .
monks established a monastery which continues to exist today as the world’s oldest permanently existing cloister of this order. The monks founded
in 1642 and in 1699 the
set up a cloister including a
for girls. However, the
(1618–48), the
and the continuous occupation by various forces badly derogated Dorsten’s
wealth. On 9 February 1633,
captured the town of Dorsten without resistance from the
and, in the years that followed, it was turned into the strongest fortress in the region. As a result, attempts were made to recapture it. The first siege in 1636 was unsuccessful, but in 1641, a second
resulted in considerable destruction of the town and the eventual surrender of the garrison.
It was only during the
of the nineteenth century that Dorsten returned to its former prosperity. ,
industries found their way into town and in 1912, the first
opened. Between 1929 and 1975, surrounding villages became districts of the gradually enlarging town of Dorsten. Only a few days before the end of the , the historical old town was almost completely destroyed in an
. However, after 1945, the town’s centre was rebuilt on its historical foundations and thus still resembles its medieval shape today.
Dorsten is widely known today for its
which was established in 1987. In 2001, the last coal mine closed and the town celebrated its 750th jubilee with a festival in the old town.
Dorsten, church: Sankt Agatha Kirche and das Alte Rathaus
Dorsten, church
Dorsten, other church in the street
Wulfen, church: Pfarrkirche Sankt Matth?us und Marienbrunnen
Wulfen, chapel
Deuten, chapel: Herz Jesu Kirche
Dorsten, bridge across Wesel-Datteln Kanal
Historical Town Hall
Historical Tüshaus Mill
Dorsten has its own airfield. The airfield has a grass strip with a runway of 800 metres (2,600 feet) and one government-sponsored hangar being used by the local gliding club.
and is served by regional services to Essen and Dortmund.
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(born 1941), football player
Heinz-Dieter B?ttger (born 1945), local politician (SPD) in
(born 1946), politician (The Greens) and Member of Bundestag
(born 1951), painter and sculptor
(born 1955), conductor, singer and composer of classical music
(born 1955), admiral
(born 1957), psychoanalyst and columnist
(born 1966), rowing world champion
, (born 1969), rowing world champion in 1991 and 1993
(born 1977), writer
Dorsten is
in Germany
(since 15 April 1994)
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