Dorsten
Town in Recklinghausen District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Country
- Located in
- Population
- 74,783(December 31, 2025)
1
- , 75,277(December 31, 2024)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 76,842(December 31, 2023)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +9 more
- 74,783(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 171.2 km²(December 31, 2017)
1
Sources- 1.“Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)”destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/GVAuszugQ/AuszugGV4QAktuell.htmlRetrieved 2019-03-10
- 171.2 km²(December 31, 2017)
- Elevation
- 31 m
- , 33 m
- Head of government
- Postal code
- 46282–46286
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
106 statements · 33% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Crawley
- Hainichen(since 1989)
1
Sources- 1.“Partnerstädte”hainichen.de/wohnen-leben/stadtportrait/partnerstaedteRetrieved 2025-08-29
- Hod HaSharon(since 1993)
1
Sources- 1.“Dorstens Freundinnen und Freunde in der Welt”dorsten.de/rathaus-stadt/die-stadt-dorsten/staedtepartnerschaftenRetrieved 2025-08-29
- Dormans
- Ernée(since 1985)
1
Sources- 1.“Dorstens Freundinnen und Freunde in der Welt”dorsten.de/rathaus-stadt/die-stadt-dorsten/staedtepartnerschaftenRetrieved 2025-08-29
- Newtownabbey
- Waslala
- Rybnik(since 1994)
- Short name
- Dot instance of: library location identifier
1
- Dot instance of: library location identifier
- Member of
- association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia(since 2006)
2
Sources- 1.agfs-nrw.de/mitglieder/dorsten.htmlRetrieved 2018-04-18
- 2.agfs-nrw.de/agfs-partner/unsere-mitgliederRetrieved 2026-04-14
- Climate Alliance(since 1997)
- Lippeverband
1
- Mayors for Peace(since 1987)
1
Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen
1
Sources- 1.kommunen.nrw/der-verband/mitglieder-des-stgb-nrw.htmlRetrieved 2020-01-03
- association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia(since 2006)
- Local dialing code
- 02362
- 02369
- 02866
- Hashtag
- Dorsten
On other databases
35 identifiers linking Dorsten across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID8656
- De Agostini IDDorsten
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID570334b0-56c8-4f58-bc76-905e287c90b4
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Dorsten
- FactGrid item IDQ84266
- Freebase ID/m/0b6c5j
- GeoNames ID6557586
- German municipality key05562012
- German regional key055620012012
- GND ID4012811-8
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDdorsten
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0022846
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDDORTENJO31LQ
- J9U entity ID987007557318005171
- Klimadashboard.de region ID9faa54f6-bc3b-48a9-83d2-841d7537c2fa
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn81041895
- Museum-digital place ID3579
- MusicBrainz area IDec479322-7c05-4ccc-af69-05f2b9a23b43
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000984592
- NL CR AUT IDge647462
- Nomisma IDdorsten
- NWBib IDQ3886
- Open Library subject IDplace:dorsten_(germany)
- OpenStreetMap relation ID63505
- OSM Name Suggestion Index IDstadtdorsten-f8b912
- Quora topic IDDorsten
- Tripadvisor ID983807
- UN/LOCODEDEDON
- VIAF cluster ID146588551
- Who's on First ID101748741
- WOEID645448
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJghmrK9fhp9kMvJctKPQq
- Yale LUX IDplace/a328f277-557d-4c14-a55c-4736d99382b0
- YouTube channel IDUC9f87zSTNQRAUu058KKaPag
- YouTube handlestadtdorsten1251