Herten is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated in the industrial Ruhr Area, approx. 5 km west of Recklinghausen.
It was the seat of the governors of the County of Vest Recklinghausen, an automous state within the Archbishopric of Cologne.
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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