Rahden is a town in the far north of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

between

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...

and

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

and between

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

and

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population ...

. Rahden is part of the

Minden-Lübbecke Minden-Lübbecke is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Diepholz, Nienburg, Schaumburg, Lippe, Herford, Osnabrück. Geography This is the northernmost district of North R ...

District in East Westphalia-Lippe. Rahden was first mentioned in 1033 and 1816 to 1831 was county town of the district Rahden.

Geography

Rahden is situated approximately north of

Lübbecke Lübbecke (; wep, Lübke) is a town in northeast North Rhine-Westphalia in north Germany. This former county town lies on the northern slopes of the Wiehen Hills (''Wiehengebirge'') and has around 26,000 inhabitants. The town is part of district ...

and north-west of

Minden Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the greatest town between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detm ...

. It is the northernmost town of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Town subdivisions

The town of Rahden consists of 7 districts: * Rahden (4,689 inhabitants) * Kleinendorf (4,242 inhabitants) * Varl (1,676 inhabitants) * Sielhorst (791 inhabitants) * Preußisch Ströhen (2,075 inhabitants) * Wehe (1,730 inhabitants) * Tonnenheide (1,784 inhabitants)

Mayors

Bert Honsel (CDU) was elected mayor in September 2015 with 61.1% of the votes.

International relations

Rahden is twinned with: * Flag of Germany

Glindow (

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

) -- since 1990 * Flag of Hungary

Galgahévíz Galgahévíz is a village in Pest county, Hungary. International relations Twin towns – Sister cities Galgahévíz is twinned with: * Rahden in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Ce ...

(

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

) -- since 1995

Notable people

Tine Wittler Christine "Tine" Wittler (born 2 April 1973 in Rahden) is a German writer, TV presenter and actress. After studying in Lüneburg and Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales), Wittler worked as a freelance writer for NDR and presented the ...

(born 1973), German writer and television presenter

Honorary citizen

The only honorary citizen of Rahden is Professor (d. 1950 Rahden). He was born in 1867 in the Great Village and was a prominent portrait painter, poet and the composer of the "New Westphalia March." A street in downtown Rahden is named after him.

Sons and daughters of the town

The individuals listed here come from the city Rahden and have both regional, national or even international importance. Here, the list is not exhaustive. (As far as possible, rather than the flat giving Rahden the origin of the respective municipality or later noted the district. By screenability each column is not just a last name in alphabetical order, but it can also be found quickly anniversary dates.)

References

External links

Official site
{{Authority control Minden-Lübbecke