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Recklinghausen

an industrial city in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia on the N edge of the Ruhr. Pop.: 123 144 (2003 est.)
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Recklinghausen

 

a city in the Federal Republic of Germany, in the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, in the interfluve of the Emscher and Lippe rivers. Population, 125,400 (1972). Recklinghausen is a port on the Rhine-Herne Canal and a coal mining center. There is general machine building, ferrous metallurgy, and the manufacture of steel structures. The city also has a textile industry.

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