Herten

Herten is positioned within the Ruhr region in the country of North Rhine Westphalia. As a member of the Recklinghausen district, the big district owned town belongs to the administrative district of Munster and is likewise a part of the Rhine Ruhr metropolitan location. Herten became first mentioned round 1050 inside the check in of the Abbey of Werden an der Ruhr as Herthene. Around 1350, the Lords of Herten have been mentioned as owners of the citadel Herten. On February 2, 1376, the residence Herten the precursor of the present fortress became stated. In the center Ages, the area become part of the Electorate of Cologne. For approximately 300 years, the Herten Castle was the seat of the governor of the Kurkolnische judicial district.

Between 1844 and 1856 the rural network belonged to the workplace Recklinghausen. In 1857 Herten resigned from the office and shaped on account that then a separate office. Herten remained until the start of hard coal mining in 1872 village shaped. The now beginning industrialization accelerated the growth of the population. Since the supply of labor within the vicinity become not sufficient, many Poles, Czechs and Slovenes had been recruited. Herten developed into considered one of the largest mining towns in Europe.