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Wesel, Wesel, Kreis Wesel, Düsseldorf District, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany


Alternative Names:Vezel, Vezel', Wesel, wei sai er, wzl, Везел, Везель, وزل, 韋塞爾
Type:Seat of a third-order administrative division
Mindat.org Region:Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Region:Wesel, Kreis Wesel, Düsseldorf District, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Latitude:51° 40' 0" N
Longitude:6° 37' 13" E
Lat/Long (dec):51.6669,6.62037
Köppen climate type:Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Population:61,685 (2015)
Mindat Feature ID:2810678
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:2810678:8
GUID:8c73e427-e932-40d5-8cc0-3a7507d9bbd9
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LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Borth salt mine, Rheinberg, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 36' 55" N6° 33' 3" E7.5km (4.6 miles)
Wallach salt mine, Rheinberg, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 35' 30" N6° 33' 54" E9.2km (5.7 miles)
Lohberg coal mine, Dinslaken, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 34' 57" N6° 45' 46" E13.6km (8.4 miles)
Walsum coal mine, Walsum, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 31' 44" N6° 42' 51" E16.7km (10.4 miles)
Rhein I or Wehofen coal mine, Wehofen, Dinslaken, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 31' 51" N6° 45' 36" E17.9km (11.1 miles)
Rossenray Mine, Kamp-Lintfort, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 30' 9" N6° 34' 30" E18.5km (11.5 miles)
Pattberg coal mine, Repelen, Moers, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 29' 45" N6° 35' 57" E19.0km (11.8 miles)
Hugo coal mine, Holten, Oberhausen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 31' 44" N6° 48' 54" E20.4km (12.7 miles)
Beeckerwerth coal mine, Beeckerwerth, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 29' 16" N6° 42' 40" E20.9km (13.0 miles)
Zinc smelter, Hamborn, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 29' 52" N6° 45' 36" E21.1km (13.1 miles)
Bergisch-Westerwälder quarry, Uedem, Kleve, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 41' 35" N6° 18' 51" E21.3km (13.2 miles)
Friedrich Thyssen coal mine, Hamborn, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 29' 39" N6° 46' 5" E21.7km (13.5 miles)
Friedrich-Heinrich coal mine, Kamp-Lintfort, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 28' 27" N6° 33' 32" E21.8km (13.6 miles)
Sterkrade coal mine, Sterkrade, Oberhausen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 31' 10" N6° 50' 12" E22.2km (13.8 miles)
Franz-Haniel Mine, Bottrop, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 32' 39" N6° 52' 50" E22.6km (14.0 miles)
Baldur coal mine, Holsterhausen, Dorsten, Recklinghausen, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 40' 23" N6° 56' 58" E22.7km (14.1 miles)
Neumühl coal mine, Neumühl, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 29' 31" N6° 48' 47" E23.6km (14.7 miles)
Westende coal mine, Meiderich, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 27' 53" N6° 44' 21" E23.9km (14.9 miles)
Rheinpreussen IV Mine, Hochstrass, Moers, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 27' 12" N6° 39' 40" E23.9km (14.9 miles)
Phönix smelter, Ruhrort, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 27' 39" N6° 44' 16" E24.3km (15.1 miles)
Blast furnace, Meiderich, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 28' 30" N6° 47' 45" E24.5km (15.3 miles)
Jacobi coal mine, Osterfeld, Oberhausen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 31' 22" N6° 53' 26" E24.6km (15.3 miles)
Fürst Leopold coal mine, Dorsten, Recklinghausen, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 40' 18" N6° 59' 0" E25.0km (15.6 miles)
Rheinpreußen coal mine, Homberg, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 26' 50" N6° 42' 13" E25.1km (15.6 miles)
Osterfeld coal mine, Osterfeld, Oberhausen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 30' 11" N6° 52' 33" E25.4km (15.8 miles)
Niederberg coal mine, Neukirchen-Vluyn, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 26' 31" N6° 33' 12" E25.4km (15.8 miles)
Zweckel coal mine, Zweckel, Gladbeck, Recklinghausen, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 35' 43" N6° 58' 11" E25.4km (15.8 miles)
Concordia coal mine, Oberhausen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 28' 25" N6° 50' 20" E26.3km (16.3 miles)
Möller coal mine, Rentfort, Gladbeck, Recklinghausen, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 34' 18" N6° 58' 9" E26.3km (16.3 miles)
Gutehoffnung smelter, Oberhausen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 29' 31" N6° 52' 55" E26.5km (16.5 miles)
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Views of the Rheinberg salt mining area, in 1936 and in 2009.

Wallach salt mine, Rheinberg, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

RegionType
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent
GermanyCountry
North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyState
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyAdministrative District
Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyDistrict
The Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyArea

Regions in GADM Database

RegionGADM number
Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Wesel86.10.295.0.0.0
Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Wesel, Wesel86.10.295.3600.0.0
Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Wesel, Wesel, Wesel86.10.295.3600.6340.0
 
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