museum
Zollverein Coal Mine
A Bauhaus-styled colliery and UNESCO icon of the Ruhr, now a striking park of red walkways, museums and a winter ice rink.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Dorsten
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Europe
About Dorsten
Dorsten is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Schermbeck, 20km from Zollverein Coal Mine.
Dorsten is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with about 80,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Schermbeck, about 7 km away.
Dorsten (German pronunciation: [ˈdɔʁstn̩] ; Westphalian: Dössen) is a town in the Recklinghausen district of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Dorsten has a population of about 75,000.
Dorsten is situated on the western rim of Westphalia bordering the Rhineland. Its historical old town lies on the south bankRead more
of the river Lippe and the Wesel–Datteln Canal and was granted city rights in 1251. During the twentieth century, the town was enlarged in its north by the villages of the former Herrlichkeit Lembeck. While Dorsten's northern districts are thus shaped by the rural Münsterland with its many historical castles, just south of the town the Ruhr region begins, Germany's largest urban agglomeration 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.
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Within an hour or so of Dorsten: Zollverein Coal Mine (20 km), Wuppertal Schwebebahn (47 km), Classic Remise Düsseldorf (53 km).
Where is Dorsten?
Dorsten is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, about 7 km from Schermbeck.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 79,981
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 51.6617, 6.9651
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Dorsten
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Wuppertal Schwebebahn
The world's oldest electric suspension railway glides above the Wupper River, a 1901 engineering marvel still in daily use.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Classic Remise Düsseldorf
A magnificent classic car centre in a restored locomotive roundhouse filled with rare vehicles, workshops, and automotive lifestyle shops.
53 km · about 60 min drive
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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