Rinteln () is a small town in
Lower Saxony,
Germany. It is located on the banks of the
Weser river above the
Porta Westfalica. The town of Rinteln is in the broad valley between the hills of the Weserbergland and the North Lippe Bergland. In relation to some well known places, it is 60 kilometers west of
Hanover, and just 20 kilometers from
Hamelin
Hamelin ( ; german: Hameln ) is a town on the river Weser in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont and has a population of roughly 57,000. Hamelin is best known for the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
H ...
of
Pied Piper
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (german: der Rattenfänger von Hameln, also known as the Pan Piper or the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the title character of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany.
The legend dates back to ...
fame. Its population is about 28,500.
It is accessed by the
A2 autobahn (E30).
History
The settlement of Rinteln was founded about 1150 on the northern bank of the Weser. Later, in 1235, the village of Neu-Rinteln ("New Rinteln") was founded on the southern bank. It is the origin of the modern town, since the northern village was abandoned in 1350 due to the
plague
Plague or The Plague may refer to:
Agriculture, fauna, and medicine
*Plague (disease), a disease caused by ''Yersinia pestis''
* An epidemic of infectious disease (medical or agricultural)
* A pandemic caused by such a disease
* A swarm of pes ...
. The village grew to a fortified town, that served as a southern stronghold of the
Counts of Schaumburg
The County of Schaumburg (german: link=no, Grafschaft Schaumburg), until ca. 1485 known as Schauenburg, was a state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the present German state of Lower Saxony. Its territory was more or less congruent with ...
.
From 1621 until its dissolution in 1810 during the
Westphalian rule under
Jérôme Bonaparte
Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Girolamo Buonaparte; 15 November 1784 – 24 June 1860) was the youngest brother of Napoleon I and reigned as Jerome Napoleon I (formally Hieronymus Napoleon in German), King of Westphalia, between 1807 and 1 ...
, Rinteln was the seat of Ernestina University. When the
County of Schaumburg
The County of Schaumburg (german: link=no, Grafschaft Schaumburg), until ca. 1485 known as Schauenburg, was a state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the present German state of Lower Saxony. Its territory was more or less congruent with ...
was divided in 1640, Rinteln became the capital of the eastern part which retained the name ''Grafschaft Schaumburg hessischen Anteils''. The Eulenburg in Rinteln became the seat of the counts. Rinteln remained the capital of the county and later of the district, until it was merged with the neighboring district of Schaumburg-Lippe in 1977.
In 1875,
the railway station
''The Railway Station'' is an 1862 genre painting by the British artist William Powell Frith. It depicts a scene at the busy Paddington Station railway terminus of the Great Western in London. Frith had developed a reputation for producing cro ...
was opened.
Villages
*Ahe
*Deckbergen
*Engern
*Exten
*Friedrichshöhe
*Friedrichswald
*Goldbeck
*Hohenrode
*Kohlenstädt
*Krankenhagen
*Möllenbeck
*Rinteln
*Schaumburg
*Steinbergen
*Strücken
*Todenmann
*Uchtdorf
*Volksen
*Wennenkamp
*
Westendorf
International relations
Rinteln is
twinned with:
*
Kendal
Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, south-east of Windermere and north of Lancaster. Historically in Westmorland, it lies within the dale of th ...
,
Cumbria
*
Sławno,
Pomerania
References
External links
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Populated places established in the 12th century
Schaumburg
1150s establishments in Germany