What is Haltern am See?
{{Infobox German location |name = Haltern am See |type = town |image_photo = Haltern Neues Rathaus.jpg |image_caption = New town hall |image_coa = DEU Haltern am See COA.svg |image_flag = Flagge HalternW.svg |coordinates = {{coord|51|45|N|7|11|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Haltern am See in RE.svg |state = Nordrhein-Westfalen |region = Münster |district = [[Recklinghausen Rural District|Recklinghausen]] |elevation = 40 |area = 158.34 |population = 37980 |Stand = 2009-06-30 |Gemeindeschlüssel = 05562016 |postal_code = 45721 |area_code = 02364 (Haltern am See), 02360 (Lippramsdorf) |licence = RE |website = [https://www.haltern-am-see.de/ www.haltern-am-see.de] |mayor = [[Bodo Klimpel]] |party = CDU }} '''Haltern am See''' (''Haltern at the lake'', before December 2001 only '''Haltern''') is a town and a municipality in the [[Recklinghausen Rural District|district of Recklinghausen]], in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]. It is next to the [[Lippe River]] and the [[Wesel-Datteln Canal]], approx. 15 km north of [[Recklinghausen]]. == Twin towns == * {{flagicon|England}} [[Rochford]], [[Essex]], [[England]] * {{flagicon|France}} [[Roost-Warendin]], [[France]] * {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Sankt Veit an der Glan]], [[Austria]] == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.livius.org/ha-hd/haltern/haltern.html Livius.org: Roman fortress Haltern] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510155331/http://www.livius.org/ha-hd/haltern/haltern.html |date=2008-05-10 }} {{Commonscat|Haltern am See}} {{Hanseatic League}} {{Authority control}} {{multistub|geo|Europe}} [[Category:Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia]] [[Category:Recklinghausen (district)]]