What is "herten"

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, some west of Recklinghausen.

Herten was the seat of the governors of the County of Vest Recklinghausen, an autonomous state within the Archbishopric of Cologne.

Its best known sights are the moated red brick castle of Schloss Herten, dating back to the 14th century, and the "altes Dorf Westerholt" (Westerholt old village) with its many historic half-timbered houses.

Herten can refer to:

• Herten, a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
• Herten, a village in the southeast of the Netherlands
• Herten, a small village in the northeast of Belgium.
• Herten in Frauenfeld, Switzerland
• Herten, Rheinfelden, a village forming part of Rheinfelden, Germany.