Datteln () is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. 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 Dortmund.
Katja Seizinger, retired ski racing champion and triple Olympic gold medalist, was born in Datteln.
Population
Notable people Horst Niggemeier (1929–2000), politician, mayor of Datteln Reinhard Lettmann (1933–2013), bishop of Münster (1980–2008) Egon Ramms (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), World Cup alpine ski racing champion; three times the Sportswoman of the Year Dunja Hayali (born 1974), journalist and television presenter Charlotte Becker (born 1983), cyclist Kevin Ratajczak (born 1985), co lead singer of Electronicore band Electric Callboy 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: Cannock Chase, England, United Kingdom Genthin, Germany
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