Gelsenkirchen, Germany
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Name: Gelsenkirchen (Gelsenkirchen)Status: Large place
Population: 270,028 people
Municipality name: Gelsenkirchen
Region name (Level 3): Kreisfreie Stadt Gelsenkirchen
Region name (Level 2): Regierungsbezirk Muenster
Region name (Level 1): North Rhine-Westphalia
Country: Germany
Continent: Europe
Gelsenkirchen is located in the region of North Rhine-Westphalia. North Rhine-Westphalia's capital Duesseldorf (Düsseldorf) is approximately 39 km / 24 mi away from Gelsenkirchen (as the crow flies). The distance from Gelsenkirchen to Germany's capital Berlin (Berlin) is approximately 448 km / 278 mi (as the crow flies).
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| Place | Status | Population | Region |
| Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen | Large place | 270,028 people | North Rhine-Westphalia Nordrhein-Westfalen |
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| Place name | Municipality name | Region name Level 3 | Region name Level 2 | Region name Level 1 | Country | Continent |
| Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen | Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen | Kreisfreie Stadt Gelsenkirchen Kreisfreie Stadt Gelsenkirchen | Regierungsbezirk Muenster Regierungsbezirk Münster | North Rhine-Westphalia Nordrhein-Westfalen | Germany | Europe |
Time in Gelsenkirchen
| Current time | Summer time (DST) | Standard time | Current timezone offset | Timezone |
| Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 1:05pm (13:05h) | In effect (+1 hour) | Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 12:05pm (12:05h) | GMT UTC +2.0 | Europe/Berlin |
Geographic coordinates of Gelsenkirchen
| Position | Latitude (width) | Longitude (length) |
| Show on map | 51°30'18.3"N (51.5050800°) | 7°05'47.5"E (7.0965400°) |
Distances from Gelsenkirchen
| To equator (0° lat) | To prime meridian (0° lon) | To the largest places |
| 5,715 km north of the equator | 493 km east of the prime meridian | Distances from Gelsenkirchen |
Places around Gelsenkirchen
18 places found within 5 km around Gelsenkirchen. You can expand the radius of your search: 10 km15 km| Place | Population | Distance | Route |
| Feldmark Feldmark | - | 1.6 km 1.0 mi | show |
| Schalke Schalke | - | 1.6 km 1.0 mi | show |
| Gelsenkirchen-Alt Gelsenkirchen-Alt | - | 1.9 km 1.2 mi | show |
| Rotthausen Rotthausen | - | 2.1 km 1.3 mi | show |
| Bulmke Bulmke | - | 2.2 km 1.4 mi | show |
| Huellen Hüllen | - | 2.7 km 1.7 mi | show |
| Leithe Leithe | - | 2.9 km 1.8 mi | show |
| Bismarck Bismarck | - | 3.0 km 1.9 mi | show |
| Hessler Heßler | - | 3.2 km 2.0 mi | show |
| Haverkamp Haverkamp | - | 3.4 km 2.1 mi | show |
| Guennigfeld Günnigfeld | - | 3.5 km 2.2 mi | show |
| Schonnebeck Schonnebeck | - | 3.9 km 2.4 mi | show |
| Roehlinghausen Röhlinghausen | - | 4.2 km 2.6 mi | show |
| Wattenscheid Wattenscheid | - | 4.2 km 2.6 mi | show |
| Hegemannshof Hegemannshof | - | 4.4 km 2.7 mi | show |
| Leithe Leithe | - | 4.5 km 2.8 mi | show |
| Katernberg Katernberg | - | 4.8 km 3.0 mi | show |
| Stoppenberg Stoppenberg | - | 4.9 km 3.1 mi | show |