Recklinghausen
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| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Administrative region | Münster |
| District | Recklinghausen |
| Population | 122,381 source (2005) |
| Area | 66.4 km² |
| Population density | 1,843 /km² |
| Elevation | 85 m |
| Coordinates | 51°37′ N 7°12′ E |
| Postal code | 45601–45665 |
| Area code | 02361 |
| Licence plate code | RE |
| Mayor | Wolfgang Pantförder (CDU) |
| Website | recklinghausen.de |
Recklinghausen is a city in the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district Recklinghausen.
Recklinghausen is home to a museum of icons, which includes more than 1,000 Orthodox works from Russia, Greece and the Balkan countries, as well as early Coptic Christian art from Egypt. The icon museum - the largest outside the Orthodox world - was founded in 1956 and reopened after renovation in February 2006 for its 50th anniversary.
The famous comedian Hape Kerkeling was born here in 1964.
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