Oer-Erkenschwick () is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 5 km north-east of Recklinghausen, on the northern periphery of the Ruhrgebiet. When pronouncing the name, “Oer” should be pronounced like the German Ohr, not Ör.
Geography Oer-Erkenschwick is situated east of the city of Recklinghausen and on the southern edge of the Hohe Mark Nature Park.
Population
Sports The town is the home of football club SpVgg Erkenschwick.
Twin towns – sister cities
Oer-Erkenschwick is twinned with:
Alanya, Turkey Halluin, France Kočevje, Slovenia Lübbenau, Germany North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom Pniewy, Poland
Notable people Moondog (1916–1999), American musician and composer, lived there for a while Horst Szymaniak (1934–2009), footballer Klaus Wennemann (1940–2000), actor
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