The Rural Municipality of Rhineland is a former

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(RM) in the

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of Manitoba. Since 1876, the area made up part of the Mennonite

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. The R.M. of Rhineland was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on February 14, 1880 and later absorbed the neighbouring RM of Douglas in January 1891. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated

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with the towns of Gretna and

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to form the

Municipality of Rhineland The Municipality of Rhineland is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The RM had a population of 5,945 as of the 2016 Canada Census. The average age in the municipality i31 History The municipality was incorporated ...

. The RM was located in the southern part of the province, along its border with the state of

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in the

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. It had a population of 4,125 persons in the 2006 census, a slight decrease from the 4,183 reported in the 2001 Census. There is a national historic site in the former RM's territory at Neubergthal, which was officially designated in 1998 as ''Neubergthal Street Village''.

Geography

According to

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, the former RM had an area of 953.42 km² (386.12 sq mi).

Communities

* Blumenort * Gnadenfeld * Gnadenthal * Halbstadt *

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* Kronsthal * Neubergthal * Neuhorst *

Rosenfeld Rosenfeld is a German name meaning "rose field" or "field of roses" It may refer to: Places * Rosenfeld, Germany, a town in Baden-Württemberg * Rosenfeld, Manitoba, a Canadian village in the Rural Municipality of Rhineland * Rosenfeld (Melk), a ...

* Rosengart * Rosetown *

Schoenwiese Schoenwiese is a hamlet in Swift Current Rural Municipality No. 137, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located on Highway 628 about 2 km north of Highway 379, about 15 km south of Swift Current. See also * List of communities ...

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Adjacent municipalities

Rural Municipality of Stanley Stanley is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It is located in the southern part of the province, along its border with the state of North Dakota in the United States. Since 1876, the area made up part of the ...

- (west) *

Rural Municipality of Roland Roland is a rural municipality located in the Pembina Valley Region of Manitoba, Canada. According to the Canada 2016 Census, it has a population of 1,129. Communities *Graham *Jordan *Kronsgart *Myrtle * Roland Demographics In the 2021 Census ...

- (northwest) *

Rural Municipality of Morris Morris is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The Town of Morris, a separate urban municipality, is located in the southeastern corner of the RM. The RM has a population of 3,047 persons as of the 2016 Canada ...

- (northeast) *

Rural Municipality of Montcalm Montcalm (french: Municipalité rurale de Montcalm) is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The Canada 2016 Census reported a population of 1,260 persons, a decrease from the 1,309 reported in the 2011 Census. ...

- (east) *

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- (south)

References

Manitoba Historical Society - Rural Municipality of Rhineland

Map of Rhineland R.M. at Statcan

Manitoba Historical Society - Neubergthal Mennonite Street Village

Neubergthal Mennonite Street Village

External links

*
The Rural Municipality of Rhineland

Rhineland The Rhineland (german: Rheinland; french: Rhénanie; nl, Rijnland; ksh, Rhingland; Latinised name: ''Rhenania'') is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section. Term Historically, the Rhinelands ...

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