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Waltrop

Coordinates: 51°37′N 07°23′E / 51.617°N 7.383°E / 51.617; 7.383
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Waltrop
Town
Saint Peter Church
Saint Peter Church
Coat of arms of Waltrop
Coat of arms
Location of Waltrop within Recklinghausen district
Recklinghausen (district)North Rhine-WestphaliaDortmundBochumHerneGelsenkirchenEssenWesel (district)BottropUnna (district)Coesfeld (district)Borken (district)GladbeckRecklinghausenDattelnOer-ErkenschwickCastrop-RauxelMarlHertenWaltropHaltern am SeeDorsten
Waltrop is located in Germany
Waltrop
Waltrop
Waltrop is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Waltrop
Waltrop
Coordinates: 51°37′N 07°23′E / 51.617°N 7.383°E / 51.617; 7.383
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionMünster
DistrictRecklinghausen
Government
 • MayorNicole Moenikes (CDU)
Area
 • Total
46.98 km2 (18.14 sq mi)
Elevation
67 m (220 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[1]
 • Total
29,586
 • Density630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
45731
Dialling codes02309,
02363 (Oberwiese)
Vehicle registrationRE

Waltrop is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the Datteln-Hamm Canal, approximately 15 km east of Recklinghausen and 15 km north-west of Dortmund.

Division of the town

The town of Waltrop is surrounded by the Bauerschaften (rural boroughs) Lippe (Unterlippe/Oberlippe), Elmenhorst, Brockenscheidt, Leveringhausen, Oberwiese and Holthausen.

History

People already settled in this area about 2,000 years ago.

The village developed around the parish church of St. Peter which was built in the 9th/10th century. It is known that in 1432 Waltrop was a part of the county Dortmund. After the Soest Feud, the archbishops of Cologne could intervene against the counts of Mark, so that Waltrop became a part of Vest Recklinghausen.

The production of coal in the mine started in 1905. As a consequence, Waltrop grew larger and became an industrial town. The coal mine was closed down in 1974.

In 1939, Waltrop got its municipal rights.


Largest migrant groups:

 Turkey 1,215
 Poland 609
 Yugoslavia 603
 Romania 412
 Syria 378
 Morocco 316

Governance

The town council of Waltrop consists of 40 seats, which are divided into 6 parliamentary groups

  1. SPD, 15 seats
  2. CDU, 14 seats
  3. FDP, 2 seats
  4. Waltroper Aufbruch (WA), 3 seats
  5. Grüne Liste Waltrop (GLW), 2 seats
  6. Bündnis für Waltrop, 2 seats

plus a single member of Die Linke plus a single member with no-party

Since 2014 Nicole Moenikes (CDU) is mayorette of Waltrop.

Notable places

Waltrop is home to a museum of old ship lifts, including the Henrichenburg boat lift and a historical coal mine.

Local industry

  • Manufactum, upscale retailer for traditionally-made household goods
  • Langendorf, a tipping trailer manufacturer

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Waltrop is twinned with:

  1. England Herne Bay, Kent, England, 20 November 1976
  2. France Cesson-Sévigné, France, 25 August 1984
  3. Nicaragua San Miguelito, Río San Juan, Nicaragua, 24 May 1988
  4. Germany Gardelegen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (former GDR), 3 October 1990
  5. Turkey Görele, Giresun Province, Turkey, 1 June 2013

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.


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