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Witten
Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Witten

Witten is a city with almost 100,000 inhabitants in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (district) in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.

Plan a trip to Witten→From Düsseldorf
Get in

Getting to Witten

The closest airport is Dortmund DTM IATA, about 21 km (13 mi) away. The more useful airport to get to Witten is Düsseldorf Airport DUS IATA in Düsseldorf, about 43 km (27 mi) away, and served by flights across the continent and overseas. Trains stop at

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    Witten Hauptbahnhof

    The beautifully restored old station building houses an old steam engine on exhibition, together with a bakery in the old waiting salon and a newsagent, and is accessible by lifts.

See

Worth seeing

Witten might not be a jewel of old world architecture, but it's certainly worth a stay if you're looking for a cheap and central base to explore the Ruhr area, or as stop whilst cycling through the green Ruhr Valley. The outskirts are full of green rolling hills.

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    Berger Memorial
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    Haus Witten

    The old manor house now houses the municipal music school and a small cinema, which are also used for regular events.

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    Hardenstein Castle Ruins
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    Johannis Church
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    KZ-Aussenlager Annen Gußstahlwerk
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    Märkisches Museum

    12 (same building as the public library),.

Do

Things to do

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    Freizeitbad Heveney
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    Kaker Lakers

    Small local baseballteam with their own baseball field, play games here.

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    Lake Kemnade
How locals move

Getting around Witten the local way

  • Go nextIts lush green setting has long been a popular day trip and short stay destination for the city dwellers of Bonn, Düsseldorf, Cologne and other large cities in the region.

From Wikivoyage: Bochum, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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