Datteln () is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the biggest canal junction in the world, where the Datteln-Hamm Canal, Wesel-Datteln Canal, Dortmund-Ems Canal, and Rhein-Herne Canal intersect. It lies approximately 10km north-east of Recklinghausen and 20km north-west of Dortmund.

Katja Seizinger, retired ski racing champion and triple Olympic gold medalist, was born in Datteln.

Notable people

• Horst Niggemeier (1929–2000), politician, mayor of Datteln

• Reinhard Lettmann (1933–2013), bishop of Münster (1980–2008)

• Egon Ramms (born 1948), General, 2007–2010 commander at NATO

• Klaus Eberhard (born 1957), director of Sport of German Tennis Federation and former tennis player

• Ingo Anderbrügge (born 1964), football player and coach

• Katja Seizinger (born 1972), World Cup alpine ski racing champion; three times the Sportswoman of the Year

• Dunja Hayali (born 1974), journalist and television presenter

• Charlotte Becker (born 1983), cyclist

• Kevin Ratajczak (born 1985), co lead singer of Electronicore band Electric Callboy

• Lukas Nottbeck (born 1988), footballer

• Sarah Petrausch (born 1990), volleyball player

• Dominik Steinmann (born 1997), darts player

• Phil Harres (born 2002), footballer

Twin towns – sister cities

Datteln is twinned with:

• Cannock Chase, England, United Kingdom

• Genthin, Germany

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