Rheinau (Baden)

Rheinau
Rheinau
City
	Rheinau-Rheinbischofsheim, protestant church
	Coat of arms
	Location of Rheinau within Ortenaukreis district
	Rheinau Rheinau
	Coordinates: 48°40′04″N 07°56′05″E / 48.66778°N 7.93472°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Ortenaukreis
Government
• Mayor (2023–31)	Oliver Rastetter (CDU)
Area
• Total	73.51 km2 (28.38 sq mi)
Elevation	130 m (430 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	11,343
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	77866
Dialling codes	07844 / 07227 / 07853
Vehicle registration	OG, BH, KEL, LR, WOL
Website	www.rheinau.de

Rheinau (Low Alemannic: Rhinai) is a city in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany and is part of the district of Ortenau.

Geography

Rheinau is located in the Upper Rhine River Plains directly on the Rhine and as such at the German-French border. The center of town is located immediately on the Rhine crossing to France and the southern borough of Linx is located not far from Kehl and Strasbourg.

Neighbouring communities

Rheinau shares common borders with the following cities and towns, listed clockwise from the north: Lichtenau (district of Rastatt), Achern, Renchen, Appenweier and Kehl (all in the district of Ortenau) and the Alsatian towns of Gambsheim and La Wantzenau.

Boroughs

Rheinau is made up of the boroughs of Freistett (Hauptort and administrative seat of Rheinau with city hall), Diersheim, Hausgereut, Helmlingen, Holzhausen, Honau, Linx, Memprechtshofen and Rheinbischofsheim.

Boroughs of Rheinau
Freistett
Freistett
Helmlingen
Memprechtshofen
Memprechtshofen
Rheinbischofsheim

History

The town of Rheinau was created during the Baden-Württemberg district reform in January 1975 through the combination of the formerly independent municipalities of Freistett, Rheinbischofsheim and Honau.^[3]

Local council (Elections in May 2014)

SPD = 11 seats
IG Handel = 4 seats
CDU = 12 seats
Total = 27 seats

Churches

Lutheran Church Rheinbischhofsheim: 56 m high, largest church in the area, built in 1876, remodeled in 1998
Heidenkirchl (in Freistett)
St. Nikolaus Church

Economy and infrastructure

Infrastructure

Rheinau is connected to Achern, Bühl and Kehl by bus lines and belongs to the Public Transportation Authority of the district of Ortenau.

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahl Rheinau 2023, Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
^ Gebietsänderungen vom 01.01. bis 31.12.1975, Statistisches Bundesamt

External links

(in German) Official site of the city of Rheinau
(in German) Information about and images
(in German) Weberhaus
(in German) Heimatmuseum Rheinau

[1] Bürgermeisterwahl Rheinau 2023, Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

[2] "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.

[3] Gebietsänderungen vom 01.01. bis 31.12.1975, Statistisches Bundesamt

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