Bottrop (German pronunciation: [ˈbɔtʁɔp] ⓘ) is a city in west-central Germany, on the Rhine–Herne Canal, in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Located in the Ruhr industrial area, Bottrop adjoins Essen, Oberhausen, Gladbeck, and Dorsten.

The city had been a coal-mining and rail center and contains factories producing coal-tar derivatives, chemicals, textiles, and machinery.

Bottrop grew as a mining center beginning in the 1860s, was chartered as a city in 1921, and bombed during the Oil Campaign of World War II.

The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: Bottrop is twinned with:[6]