Herten is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated in the industrial Ruhr Area, some 5 km west of Recklinghausen.
Herten was the seat of the governors of the County of Vest Recklinghausen, an autonomous state within the Archbishopric of Cologne.
Its best known sights are the moated red brick castle of Schloss Herten, dating back to the 14th century, the "altes Dorf Westerholt" with its many historic half-timbered houses, and the former Ewald Colliery, which is a repurposed coal mine that now houses commercial space and a visitor center for green energy.