Hattingen

Population 52,969 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany
Daylight 7 h 53 in Dec, dark by 16:22 · 16 h 35 in Jun
  1. January: 8 h 21 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 49 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 50 of daylight
  5. May: 15 h 35 of daylight
  6. June: 16 h 35 of daylight
  7. July: 16 h 11 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 38 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 42 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 45 of daylight
  11. November: 8 h 55 of daylight
  12. December: 7 h 53 of daylight
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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. 28 to 30 May

    May

    Altstadtfest, the second major town festival, food and live music in the historic centre

  2. 2 to 4 October

    October

    2 to 4 October the autumn market and Panhasfest in the city centre

  3. 23 November to 22 December

    November – December

    Christmas Market

  4. Medieval Christmas Market

    November – December

    Christmas Market annually, late Nov - late Dec. Food, drinks, souvenirs between half-timbered houses

    Official site

4 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Hattingen); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Trödelmarkt / Flohmarkt im Gemeindehaus

    Opening hours

    Mo-Fr 08:30-10:30; Sa, Su, PH off

    1.6 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 37 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Blankenstein Burg 3.1 km, Bochum-Dahlhausen 4.3 km, Haus Kemnade 4.5 km, Velbert-Nierenhof 4.9 km, Bochum-Dahlhausen Eisenbahnmuseum 5.6 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.