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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Schaumburg

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
27,223 (31 Dec 2008)

State
  
Lower Saxony

Elevation
  
56 m (184 ft)

Postal codes
  
31737

Local time
  
Thursday 3:34 PM

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Weather
  
21°C, Wind SW at 19 km/h, 49% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Schaumburg Castle - Lower Sa, Museum Rinteln, Wesergebirge, Kamm des Wesergebirges, Prinzenhof

Rinteln is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the banks of the Weser river above 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.

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Map of Rinteln, Germany

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, that 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.

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

    Rinteln is twinned with:

  • Kendal, Cumbria
  • Sławno, Pomerania
  • References

    Rinteln Wikipedia