Rinteln

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typeStadt
image_coaDEU Rinteln COA.svg
image_photoRinteln Marktplatz.jpg
coordinates
image_planRinteln in SHG.svg
stateNiedersachsen
districtSchaumburg
elevation56
area109.02
postal_code31737
area_code05751
licenceSHG, RI
Gemeindeschlüssel03 2 57 031
divisions10 Stadtteile
websitewww.rinteln.de
mayorAndrea Lange
leader_term2021–26
partyInd
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Rinteln () is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the banks of the Weser river north of the Porta Westfalica. The town of Rinteln is in the broad valley between the hills of the Weserbergland and the North Lippe Bergland. In relation to some well known places, it is 60 kilometers west of Hanover, and just 20 kilometers from Hamelin of Pied Piper fame. Its population is about 28,500.

It is accessed by the A2 autobahn (E30).

History

The settlement of Rinteln was founded about 1150 on the northern bank of the Weser. Later, in 1235, the village of Neu-Rinteln ("New Rinteln") was founded on the southern bank. It is the origin of the modern town, since the northern village was abandoned in 1350 due to the plague. The village grew to a fortified town, that served as a southern stronghold of the Counts of Schaumburg.

From 1621 until its dissolution in 1810 during the Westphalian rule under Jérôme Bonaparte, Rinteln was the seat of Ernestina University. When the County of Schaumburg was divided in 1640, Rinteln became the capital of the eastern part which retained the name Grafschaft Schaumburg hessischen Anteils. The Eulenburg in Rinteln became the seat of the counts. Rinteln remained the capital of the county and later of the district, until it was merged with the neighboring district of Schaumburg-Lippe in 1977. There was a British Forces hospital in Rinteln during the 1960s.

In 1875, the railway station was opened.

Villages

  • Ahe
  • Deckbergen
  • Engern
  • Exten
  • Friedrichshöhe
  • Friedrichswald
  • Goldbeck
  • Hohenrode
  • Kohlenstädt
  • Krankenhagen
  • Möllenbeck
  • Rinteln
  • Schaumburg
  • Steinbergen
  • Strücken
  • Todenmann
  • Uchtdorf
  • Volksen
  • Wennenkamp
  • Westendorf

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Rinteln is twinned with:

Notable people

Sport

References

References

  1. (13 October 2021). "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021". [[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]].
  2. "Rinteln, Kendal twin town".
  3. "Rinteln - A Short History". Kendal-Rinteln Association.
  4. "Partnerstädte · Rinteln im Weserbergland, Stadt an der Weser".
  5. {{Cite Americana

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