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


Type:Seat of a fourth-order administrative division
Mindat.org Region:Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Region:Alpen, Kreis Wesel, Düsseldorf District, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Latitude:51° 34' 59" N
Longitude:6° 31' 0" E
Lat/Long (dec):51.58333,6.51667
Köppen climate type:Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Population:12,908 (2011)
Mindat Feature ID:2958188
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:2958188:9
GUID:36a72f84-af70-45bd-957a-b358c56689df
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LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Wallach salt mine, Rheinberg, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 35' 30" N6° 33' 54" E3.5km (2.2 miles)
Borth salt mine, Rheinberg, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 36' 55" N6° 33' 3" E4.3km (2.7 miles)
Rossenray Mine, Kamp-Lintfort, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 30' 9" N6° 34' 30" E9.8km (6.1 miles)
Pattberg coal mine, Repelen, Moers, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 29' 45" N6° 35' 57" E11.3km (7.0 miles)
Friedrich-Heinrich coal mine, Kamp-Lintfort, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 28' 27" N6° 33' 32" E12.5km (7.8 miles)
Walsum coal mine, Walsum, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 31' 44" N6° 42' 51" E15.0km (9.3 miles)
Niederberg coal mine, Neukirchen-Vluyn, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 26' 31" N6° 33' 12" E15.9km (9.9 miles)
Lohberg coal mine, Dinslaken, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 34' 57" N6° 45' 46" E17.0km (10.6 miles)
Beeckerwerth coal mine, Beeckerwerth, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 29' 16" N6° 42' 40" E17.1km (10.6 miles)
Rheinpreussen IV Mine, Hochstrass, Moers, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 27' 12" N6° 39' 40" E17.6km (10.9 miles)
Rhein I or Wehofen coal mine, Wehofen, Dinslaken, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 31' 51" N6° 45' 36" E17.8km (11.1 miles)
Bergisch-Westerwälder quarry, Uedem, Kleve, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 41' 35" N6° 18' 51" E18.5km (11.5 miles)
Zinc smelter, Hamborn, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 29' 52" N6° 45' 36" E19.3km (12.0 miles)
Rheinpreußen coal mine, Homberg, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 26' 50" N6° 42' 13" E19.9km (12.4 miles)
Friedrich Thyssen coal mine, Hamborn, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 29' 39" N6° 46' 5" E20.0km (12.4 miles)
Westende coal mine, Meiderich, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 27' 53" N6° 44' 21" E20.3km (12.6 miles)
Phönix smelter, Ruhrort, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 27' 39" N6° 44' 16" E20.5km (12.7 miles)
Diergardt-Mevissen Mine, Rheinhausen, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 25' 35" N6° 41' 21" E21.1km (13.1 miles)
Hugo coal mine, Holten, Oberhausen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 31' 44" N6° 48' 54" E21.5km (13.4 miles)
Wilhelmine Mevissen coal mine, Rheinhausen, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 25' 6" N6° 41' 22" E21.9km (13.6 miles)
Diergardt coal mine, Rheinhausen, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 25' 9" N6° 42' 35" E22.6km (14.0 miles)
Blast furnace, Meiderich, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 28' 30" N6° 47' 45" E22.8km (14.1 miles)
Neumühl coal mine, Neumühl, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 29' 31" N6° 48' 47" E22.9km (14.2 miles)
Sterkrade coal mine, Sterkrade, Oberhausen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 31' 10" N6° 50' 12" E23.2km (14.4 miles)
Copper smelter, Hochfeld, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 25' 19" N6° 44' 7" E23.5km (14.6 miles)
Goch sand pit (Goch gravel pit; Höster Feld sand pit), Goch, Kleve, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 39' 28" N6° 10' 53" E24.6km (15.3 miles)
Rheinhausen, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 23' 58" N6° 42' 54" E24.6km (15.3 miles)
Concordia coal mine, Oberhausen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 28' 25" N6° 50' 20" E25.4km (15.8 miles)
Franz-Haniel Mine, Bottrop, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 32' 39" N6° 52' 50" E25.5km (15.9 miles)
Niederrhein smelter, Hochfeld, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany51° 24' 16" N6° 44' 58" E25.6km (15.9 miles)

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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, Alpen86.10.295.3589.0.0
Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Wesel, Alpen, Alpen86.10.295.3589.6329.0
 
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