WITTEN

city, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), northwestern Germany, on the Ruhr River, bordering Dortmund (north) and Bochum (northwest). Chartered in 1825, it was severely damaged in World War II but has been rebuilt along modern lines with numerous commercial enterprises. Witten's heavily wooded surroundings to the south are a favourite Ruhr recreation area. The city has a museum of graphic arts and an archive. Industries include steel manufacturing, the extraction of coal-tar products, glassworks, and machine building. Pop. (1989 est.) 103,637.