town in Recklinghausen District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Haltern am See is in Münsterland.

Understand

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The "See" in the name (official since 2001) refers to an artificial lake created by a dam in the Weimar Republic era, where the small Stever river joins the Lippe river. Haltern is within the county of Recklinghausen, sitting at the northern end of the Ruhr Area. Head further north, and you'll be greeted by fields and small wooded areas. The municipality of Haltern am See consists of the town centre with a small old core, and some outlying villages and settlements.

Get in

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By plane

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Osnabrück / Münster airport does sit between Münster and Osnabrück, but is mostly used for domestic connecting flights or holiday charter planes to sunnier lands. Your best bet is to fly to Düsseldorf and take train RE2 to Haltern.

By train

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  • 1 Haltern am See station (0.5 km (0.31 mi) south-west of town centre). Small regional station with bakery, ticket machines inside of the station building and plenty of bike parking nearby. Haltern am See station (Q5643613) on Wikidata Haltern am See station on Wikipedia

Haltern am See is the northern end of the S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr network, with line S9 Haltern - Essen - Wuppertal terminating here. Regional train RE41 from Bochum via Herne and Recklinghausen terminates here as well. Services RE2 Osnabrück - Münster - Essen - Düsseldorf and RE42 Münster - Essen - Mönchengladbach stop here too. Services are frequent. Long-distance trains stop in Münster or Essen.

By car

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Autobahn A43 Wuppertal - Bochum - Münster passes Haltern, use exit 8, or exit 7 if you're going to the village of Lavesum. Between these two exits, there's a rest area with service station on both sides of the Autobahn, use bus 275 to Am Treckeberg stop, if you're hitchhiking.

By bike

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The terrain is flat and there's plenty of bike paths.

Get around

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Bus services are run by Vestische under the VRR transit association. Service is relatively sparse but does reach most of the municipality.
Some settlements are only served by Anrufsammeltaxi or Taxibus service. Both are taxis running on order of Vestische to replace low-demand bus routes, and require booking 45 minutes before via phone +49 2366 186186. You need to state your name, departure stop and time, destination, number of passengers including small children and if you're transporting large luggage or suitcases.

Map
Map of Haltern am See

  • 1 LWL-Römermuseum Haltern am See, Weseler Str. 100 (Bus 298 Römermuseum stop). Small museum at the place of an old Roman settlement. Westfälisches Römermuseum Haltern (Q1798479) on Wikidata
  • 2 Old city hall (Altes Rathaus). Altes Rathaus (Q63534245) on Wikidata
  • 3 St. Sixtus, Markt. Catholic church from 1885, churches stood in this spot since at least the year 800. St. Sixtus (Q1528362) on Wikidata
  • 4 Siebenteufelsturm, Turmstr. 11 (bus stop Kärntner Platz). Large round brick tower, once part of the medieval city fortifications. Siebenteufelsturm (Q64210872) on Wikidata
  • 5 Sythen Mill (Sythener Mühle), Stockwieser Damm 22 (RE42, bus 273 Haltern-Sythen Bf, stay on the Münster direction side of the railway, follow Stockwieser Damm.). Old water powered mill Sythen Watermill (Q2551326) on Wikidata
Haltern lake
  • 1 Haltern Lake. The lake is available for multiple leisure uses, including boating, swimming and so on Halterner Talsperre (Q1572406) on Wikidata
  • 2 Kardinal-von-Galen-Park (between Rathaus and Siebenteufelsturm). Small public square in front of the city hall and police with grass to sit on and old trees for shade.

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