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Rhinow

Town in Brandenburg, Germany

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Rhinow (German: [ˈʁiːnoː] ⓘ) is a town in the Havelland district (Landkreis), in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 16 km north of Rathenow, and 22 km south of Kyritz. Rhinow is the administrative seat (Verwaltungssitz) of the Rhinow district (Amt).

01Geography

The region lies on the southern edge of the Rhinluch (Rhin moor) and at the feet of the up to 110 Meter high Rhinower Mountains. The Rhin river flows west through the district into the Gülper See at the southwestern border. Federal highway (Bundesstraße) 102 cuts through the area. Since 2003, the stretch between Rathenow and Neustadt (Dosse) is no longer served by public rail transit (Öffentlichen Personennahverkehr).

Development of population since 1875 within the current boundaries (Blue line: Population; Dotted line: Comparison to population development of Brandenburg state; Grey background: Time of Nazi rule; Red background: Time of communist rule)
Development of population since 1875 within the current boundaries (Blue line: Population; Dotted line: Comparison to population development of Brandenburg state; Grey background: Time of Nazi rule; Red background: Time of communist rule)

02Administrative division

Greater Rhinow includes the village of Kietz.

03History

During the Third Reich, a famous sail plane school was founded in memory of Otto Lilienthal.

04Demography

Rhinow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 1,397,     
1890 1,512+0.53%
1910 1,540+0.09%
1925 1,533−0.03%
1933 1,551+0.15%
1939 1,713+1.67%
1946 2,728+6.87%
1950 2,553−1.64%
1964 2,051−1.55%
1971 2,052+0.01%
1981 2,198+0.69%
1985 2,213+0.17%
1989 2,222+0.10%
1990 2,146−3.42%
1991 2,090−2.61%
1992 2,065−1.20%
1993 2,086+1.02%
1994 2,070−0.77%
1995 2,103+1.59%
1996 2,111+0.38%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1997 2,154+2.04%
1998 2,165+0.51%
1999 2,146−0.88%
2000 2,101−2.10%
2001 2,021−3.81%
2002 2,012−0.45%
2003 1,967−2.24%
2004 1,959−0.41%
2005 1,933−1.33%
2006 1,874−3.05%
2007 1,821−2.83%
2008 1,758−3.46%
2009 1,714−2.50%
2010 1,716+0.12%
2011 1,695−1.22%
2012 1,667−1.65%
2013 1,640−1.62%
2014 1,649+0.55%
2015 1,625−1.46%
2016 1,614−0.68%

05City Council

The council of the city of Rhinow has 12 members with the following distribution by political party:

(As of elections held on September 28, 2008)

Elections in 2014:

  • SPD: 4
  • FDP: 2
  • The Left: 2
  • CDU: 1
  • Single candidates: 3

06Architecture

  • 101 Meter high radio tower belonging to Deutsche Telekom AG constructed from reinforced concrete with uncustomary asymmetry at 52° 44′ 45″ N, 12° 21′ 7″ E, was built during the Soviet era.

07Personalities

  • Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896), settled in Rhinow in 1893, building his workshop for his glider. In the beginning, he flew also in the Rhinow Mountains, later switching to flying at Gollenberg.
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