Gladbeck

Gladbeck () is a town in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Gladbeck is a town located in the Recklinghausen district of North Rhine-Westphalia, a state in western Germany. It is a municipality within the broader industrial region of the Ruhr Valley.

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Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_photo: 2008-03 gla rathausturm.JPG
German location.image_caption: Old town hall
German location.image_coa: DEU Gladbeck COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Gladbeck in RE.svg
German location.state: Nordrhein-Westfalen
German location.region: Münster
German location.district: Recklinghausen
German location.elevation: 52
German location.area: 35.97
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05562014
German location.postal_code: 45964–45968
German location.area_code: 02043
German location.licence: RE, CAS, GLA
German location.website: www.gladbeck.de
German location.mayor: Bettina Weist
German location.leader_term: 2025–30
German location.party: SPD

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Gladbeck
Country: Germany
Located in: Recklinghausen
Population: 75799
Area: 35.97
Elevation: 60
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Bottrop
Official website: www.gladbeck.de
Image: (20250310) Flagge zeigen für Tibet 05.jpg
Dialing code: 02043

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topic's main category: Category:Gladbeck
Commons category: Gladbeck
twinned administrative body: Skalica
native label: Gladbeck
postal code: 45964–45968
Commons gallery: Gladbeck
category of associated people: Category:People from Gladbeck
short name: Gld
category for people born here: Q17300631
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hashtag: Gladbeck

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Encyclopedic overview

23 sections

Contents

Geography
History
Pre-industrial society
Time of coal mining
Communal realignment and history since 1975
Politics
List of mayors
City council
Coat of arms
Demographics
Culture and sights
Museum
Religious communities
Theater and music
Transport
Roads
Rail
Notable people
Twin towns – sister cities
See also
Notes
References
External links

Gladbeck () is a town in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Gladbeck is quite a young town, first recognised 21 July 1919 when it was given town rights. The town established itself around five farming villages, Brauck, Butendorf, Ellinghorst, Rentfort and Zweckel.

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