city in W Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: pop. 127,000
See Recklinghausen in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rĕkˈlĭng-houˌzən)
A city of west-central Germany southwest of Münster. Originally a Saxon settlement, it was held by the archbishop of Cologne after 1236 and passed to Prussia in 1815. Population: 122,000.