title: Oer-Erkenschwick
text: Oer-Erkenschwick is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 5 km north-east of Recklinghausen, on the northern periphery of the Ruhrgebiet. When pronouncing the name, “Oer” should be pronounced like the German Ohr, not Ör.
  
  Geography
  Oer-Erkenschwick is situated east of the city of Recklinghausen and on the southern edge of the Hohe Mark Nature Park.
  
  Sports
  The town is the home of football club SpVgg Erkenschwick.
  
  Twin towns – sister cities
  
  Oer-Erkenschwick is twinned with:
  
   Alanya, Turkey
   Halluin, France
   Kočevje, Slovenia
   Lübbenau, Germany
   North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom
   Pniewy, Poland
  
  Notable people
  Moondog (1916–1999), American musician and composer, lived there for a while
  Horst Szymaniak (1934–2009), footballer
  Klaus Wennemann (1940–2000), actor
  
  References
  
  Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
  Recklinghausen (district)