Dinslaken [SEP] located next to body of water
Dinslaken
Dinslaken is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known for its harness racing track, its now closed coal mine in Lohberg and its wealthy neighborhoods "Hiesfeld" and "Eppinghoven".
Geography.
Dinslaken is a city of the Lower Rhine region and situated at the northwestern margin of the Ruhr area, approx. north of Duisburg.
Geography Neighbouring municipalities.
- Hünxe
- Bottrop
- Oberhausen
- Duisburg
- Rheinberg
- Voerde
- Duisburg
- Dinslaken
- Voerde
The catchment is historically divided since cutting the Emscher main stream from its original estuary twice, first in 1906 from the original mouth in Duisburg and 1949 again by shifting the mouth to Dinslaken. The former parts of the catchment area in Duisburg and Oberhausen are drained artificially and the waste water is – after treatment – pumped into the river Rhine. These sub catchments are called “Alte Emscher” and “Kleine Emscher”. The third shift of the Emscher mouth (under construction