Herten

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name =
Wappen = Stadtwappen herten.jpg
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 36
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 08
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Nordrhein-Westfalen
Regierungsbezirk = Münster
Kreis = Recklinghausen
Höhe = 75
Fläche = 37.31
Einwohner = 64344
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 45699, 45701
Vorwahl = 0 23 66,
02 09 (Westerholt),
0 23 65 (Marl)
Kfz = RE
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 5 62 020
Gliederung = 9
Adresse = Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 2
45699 Herten
Website = [http://www.herten.de/ www.herten.de]
Bürgermeister = Ulrich Paetzel
Partei = SPD 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.