What is Recklinghausen (district)?
{{otheruses|the rural district ([[county]])|the town|Recklinghausen}} {{Infobox German district| name=Recklinghausen| image_coa=DEU Kreis Recklinghausen COA.svg| image_flag=[[Image:Banner des Kreises Recklinghausen.svg|75px]]| state=North Rhine-Westphalia| capital=[[Recklinghausen]]| regierungsbezirk=[[Münster Government Region|Münster]]| Kreisschlüssel = 05562| area=760.27| population=655,050| population_as_of=2002| density=862| carsign=RE| url=http://www.kreis-recklinghausen.de| map=North_rhine_w_re.png |coordinates = {{Coord|51.67|7.17|display=title|format=dms}} }} '''Recklinghausen''' ({{IPA2|ʁɛklɪŋˈhaʊzən}}) is a ''Kreis'' ([[district]]) in the middle of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[File:DEU Kreis Recklinghausen COA.svg|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The [[coat of arms]] show a silver nettle leaf on green ground - the sign of the ''Herrlichkeit Lembeck'', an ''Amt'' in the church-run state of Münster in the Recklinghausen area. The black cross is the sign of the bishops of [[Cologne]] who owned a big part of the district's area, the ''Vest'' Recklinghausen. The key inside the cross symbolizes [[Saint Peter|St. Peter]], the patron of [[Cologne]]. |} ==Cities== {| |- valign=top |width=33%| # [[Castrop-Rauxel]] # [[Datteln]] # [[Dorsten]] # [[Gladbeck]] |width=33%| <ol start=5> <li> [[Haltern am See]] <li> [[Herten]] <li> [[Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia|Marl]] <li> [[Oer-Erkenschwick]] </ol> |width=33%| <ol start=9> <li> [[Recklinghausen]] <li> [[Waltrop]] </ol> |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.kreis-recklinghausen.de Official website] (German) * [http://www.lwl.org/westfaelische-geschichte/portal/Internet/ku.php?tab=pro&ID=42 Corpus juris of the county of Recklinghausen]{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{north rhine-westphalia}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Recklinghausen (district)| ]] {{multistub|geo|Europe}}