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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

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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.




= Boroughs

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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




























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.




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

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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.




References






External links



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

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