Rinteln

Rinteln
Rinteln
Location of the town of Rinteln within Schaumburg district
Coordinates	52°11′26″N 9°4′53″E / 52.19056°N 9.08139°E / 52.19056; 9.08139Coordinates: 52°11′26″N 9°4′53″E / 52.19056°N 9.08139°E / 52.19056; 9.08139
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Schaumburg
Town subdivisions	10 Stadtteile
Mayor	Karl-Heinz Buchholz (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	109 km2 (42 sq mi)
Elevation	56 m  (184 ft)
Population	26,879 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	247 /km2 (639 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SHG
Postal code	31737
Area code	05751
Website	www.rinteln.de

Weser watershed with Rinteln (left center)

Rinteln is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the banks of the Weser river above the Porta Westfalica. Population: 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 today's 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 a university. When Schaumburg was divided in 1640, Rinteln became the capital of the eastern part, that retained the name "Schaumburg". 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 neighbouring district of Schaumburg-Lippe in 1977.

On April 12, 1933 Adolf Hitler was made an honorary citizen of Rinteln.

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:

• Kendal, Cumbria
• Sławno, Pomerania

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. 31 December 2009. http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/parametereingabe.asp?DT=K1000014&CM=Bev%F6lkerungsfortschreibung. 

External links

• Stadt Rinteln