- Rendsburg
Infobox German Location
Art = Town
Wappen = Wappen Rendsburg.png
lat_deg = 54 |lat_min = 18 | lat_sec=0
lon_deg = 9 |lon_min = 40 | lon_sec=0
Lageplan = Rendsburg in RD.png
Bundesland = Schleswig-Holstein
Kreis = Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Höhe = 6
Fläche = 23.72
Einwohner = 28476
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 24768
PLZ-alt = 2370
Vorwahl = 04331
Kfz = RD
Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 58 135
NUTS = DEF0B
LOCODE = DE REN
Straße = Am Gymnasium 4
Website = [http://www.rendsburg.de/ www.rendsburg.de]
Bürgermeister = Andreas Breitner
Partei = SPD
image_photo = Rendsburgerhochbruecke.jpg
image_caption = Railway bridgeRendsburg ( _da. Rendsborg) is a town on the
Kiel Canal in the northeastern part ofSchleswig-Holstein ,Germany . It is the capital of the "Kreis" (district) of Rendsburg-Eckernförde. Population: 28,488 .Its foundation date is unknown. Rendsburg was first mentioned in 1199. An old form of its name was Reynoldsburgh: see . Since that time it has remained German.
Its importance rose in 1895, when the Kiel Canal was finished. Although situated inland, Rendsburg became a seaport and a dockyard. The most prominent structure in town, a railway bridge made of steel, 2500 m in length and 41 m in height, was constructed in 1913. Mounted on the railway bridge, the Kiel Canal is also traversed by a
transporter bridge , one of only twenty ever built. The German Army's Air Defence School is located in Rendsburg.Other sights:
* Town hall, 16th century
* Marienkirche (St. Mary's Church), 1286
* Longest bench in the world, 501 m long, on the banks of the Kiel Canal
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