| Type: | Stadt |
| Image Coa: | DEU Bergkamen COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 51.6167°N 45°W |
| Image Plan: | Bergkamen in UN.svg |
| State: | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Region: | Arnsberg |
| District: | Unna |
| Elevation: | 68 |
| Area: | 44.8 |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 05978004 |
| Postal Code: | 59192 |
| Area Code: | 02307, 02389, 02306 |
| Licence: | UN |
| Website: | www.bergkamen.de |
| Image Caption: | Bergkamen city hall |
| Mayor: | Bernd Schäfer[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2020 - 25 |
| Party: | SPD |
Bergkamen (pronounced as /de/; Westphalian: Biärgkoamen) is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated south of the river Lippe, approx. 150NaN0 north-east of Dortmund and 150NaN0 south-west of Hamm.
Bergkamen, a fairly new town in the east part of the Ruhr Area and south of the Münsterland, was founded in 1966 by the merging of at first five smaller communities. The town's history, however, reaches back to ancient Roman times - this can be experienced by visiting the Bergkamen Municipal Museum, which has a large Roman department, and the nearby archeological site, the “Roemerlager“.
Bergkamen is home to theatre performances at the “studio theater bergkamen“ and numerous exhibitions in the town's own art gallery “sohle1“ or the “Stadtmuseum“
In February 1946, a coal mine in the city suffered a dust explosion that killed 418 miners. This was the worst mining accident in German history.[2]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany. Bergkamen is twinned with:[3]
Silifke, Turkey (1994)
Gennevilliers, France (1995)
Wieliczka, Poland (1995)