Rhinau
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Bas-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein | |
Canton | First stone | |
Community association | Canton d'Erstein | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 19 ′ N , 7 ° 42 ′ E | |
height | 155-166 m | |
surface | 17.35 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,698 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 156 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 67860 | |
INSEE code | 67397 | |
Website | http://www.ville-rhinau.fr/ |
Rhinau (German Rheinau ) is a French commune with 2,698 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) on the left bank of the Rhine in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). The next neighboring municipality is Boofzheim .
The part of the district of Rhinau on the right bank of the Rhine, lying in federal German territory, is called Rheinau a municipality-free area in Baden-Württemberg .
As a result of changes in the course of the Rhine, Rhinau changed sides of the river several times: Before 1398 the place was on the right of the Rhine, then came on the left side of the river and was again on the right of the Rhine for a few years from 1502.
The Rhinau power plant is located in the municipal area on the Rhine .
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2013 |
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1681 | 1770 | 2216 | 2331 | 2286 | 2348 | 2613 | 2756 |
Personalities
- The family of the humanist Beatus Rhenanus (1485–1547) originally came from Rheinau
- Alphonse Gilliot (1849–1927), Mayor of Rheinau
- Joseph Pfleger (1873–1957), politician
Sponsorships
Rhinau is sponsoring the 4th company of the German Federal Armed Forces ' 291th Jäger Battalion stationed in Illkirch-Graffenstaden in Alsace .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 102-105.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christoph Bernhardt: In the mirror of the water. A transnational environmental history of the Upper Rhine (1800–2000). (= Environmental historical research , Volume 5) Böhlau, Cologne 2016, ISBN 978-3-412-22155-3 , p. 52.