Waltrop

Waltrop
Waltrop
	Saint Peter Church
	Coat of arms
	Location of Waltrop within Recklinghausen district
	Waltrop Waltrop
	Coordinates: 51°37′N 07°23′E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Recklinghausen
Government
• Mayor	Nicole MOENIKES (CDU)
Area
• Total	46.98 km2 (18.14 sq mi)
Elevation	67 m (220 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	29,328
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	45731
Dialling codes	02309,; 02363 (Oberwiese)
Vehicle registration	RE

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.

Governance

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

SPD, 15 seats
CDU, 14 seats
FDP, 2 seats
Waltroper Aufbruch (WA), 3 seats
Grüne Liste Waltrop (GLW), 2 seats
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 mayor 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

Waltrop is twinned with:

Herne Bay, Kent, England, 20 November 1976
Cesson-Sévigné, France, 25 August 1984
San Miguelito, Río San Juan, Nicaragua, 24 May 1988
Gardelegen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (former GDR), 3 October 1990

References

"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

External links

Official website (in German)

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[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.