page_title: Datteln
hierarchical_section_title: Datteln
caption_attribution_description: Coal power plant in Datteln (Germany) at the Dortmund-Ems-Kanal
context_page_description: Datteln is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on a crossroads of four canals, which makes it the biggest canal junction in the World, approx. 10 km north-east of Recklinghausen and 20 km north-west of Dortmund.
  Katja Seizinger, former alpine skier and triple Olympic gold medallist, was born in Datteln.
context_section_description: Datteln is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on a crossroads of four canals (Datteln-Hamm Canal, Wesel-Datteln Canal, Dortmund-Ems Canal and Rhein-Herne Canal), which makes it the biggest canal junction in the World, approx. 10 km north-east of Recklinghausen and 20 km north-west of Dortmund.
  Katja Seizinger, former alpine skier and triple Olympic gold medallist, was born in Datteln.
caption: Coal power plant Datteln 1-3
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