Wattenscheid: facts

At a glance

• Country: Germany
• Administrative status: populated place (GeoNames code PPL)
• Population: approximately 73,965
• Coordinates: 51.4806° N, 7.1425° E
• Time zone: Europe/Berlin (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Berlin: 444 km (276 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Dortmund Airport (DTM): 33 km (20 mi), straight line
• Düsseldorf Airport (DUS): 34 km (21 mi), straight line
• Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN): 68 km (42 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Gelsenkirchen: 4.2 km (2.6 mi)
• Bochum: 5.1 km (3.2 mi)
• Herne: 8.7 km (5.4 mi)
• Essen: 9.4 km (5.8 mi)
• Hattingen: 9.6 km (5.9 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Gelsenkirchen, 4.2 km (2.6 mi)