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
Saint-Michel church
Preserved Gothic choir of the predecessor church St. Nikolaus and Michael, destroyed in 1944
St. Nikolaus and Michael (1519) before the renovation in the 19th century.
Rheinau hydropower plant
Rheinau lock
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.