Rheinau (Baden)


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

Rheinau

Rheinau-Rheinbischofsheim, protestant church

Rheinau-Rheinbischofsheim, protestant church

Coat of arms of Rheinau

Coat of arms

Location of Rheinau within Ortenaukreis district

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Rheinau is located in Germany

Rheinau

Rheinau

Rheinau is located in Baden-Württemberg

Rheinau

Rheinau

Coordinates: 48°40′04″N 07°56′05″E / 48.66778°N 7.93472°E
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionFreiburg
DistrictOrtenaukreis
Government
 • Mayor (2023–31) Oliver Rastetter[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total73.51 km2 (28.38 sq mi)
Elevation130 m (430 ft)
Population

 (2022-12-31)[2]

 • Total11,343
 • Density150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes

77866

Dialling codes07844 / 07227 / 07853
Vehicle registrationOG, BH, KEL, LR, WOL
Websitewww.rheinau.de

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

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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.

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

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)

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

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

  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