Editing Rinteln

{{Infobox German location
|type               = Stadt
|image_coa            = DEU Rinteln COA.svg
|image_photo       = Rinteln Marktplatz.jpg
|coordinates       = {{coord|52|11|26|N|9|4|53|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Rinteln in SHG.svg
|state        = Niedersachsen
|district         = Schaumburg
|elevation              = 56
|area            = 109
|postal_code               = 31737
|area_code           = 05751
|licence               = SHG, RI
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 2 57 031
|divisions         = 10 Stadtteile
|website           = [https://www.rinteln.de/ www.rinteln.de]
|mayor             = Andrea Lange<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/KW2021/reports/DW/20210912_DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref>
|leader_term       = 2021&ndash;26
|party             = Ind
}}
[[Image:Weser watershed 3.png|right|thumb|280px|Weser watershed with '''Rinteln''' (left center)]]

'''Rinteln''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʁɪntl̩n|lang|De-Rinteln.ogg}}) is a small town in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is located on the banks of the [[Weser]] river north of 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]] of [[Pied Piper of Hamelin|Pied Piper]] fame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/lakes/kendal/Rin.html|title = Rinteln, Kendal twin town}}</ref> Its population is about 28,500.

It is accessed by the [[Bundesautobahn 2|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 [[Black Death|plague]]. The village grew to a fortified town, that served as a southern stronghold of the [[Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein|Counts of Schaumburg]].

From 1621 until its dissolution in 1810 during the [[Kingdom of Westphalia|Westphalian]] rule under [[Jérôme Bonaparte]], Rinteln was the seat of Ernestina University. When the [[County of Schaumburg]] 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. There was a British Forces hospital in Rinteln during the 1960s.

In 1875, [[Rinteln station|the railway station]] was opened.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://s126287286.websitehome.co.uk/KRAMinutesto1994.pdf | title =Rinteln - A Short History | publisher =Kendal-Rinteln Association | access-date =2016-03-06 }}</ref>

==Villages==
{{div col|colwidth=12em}}
*Ahe
*Deckbergen
*Engern
*Exten
*Friedrichshöhe
*Friedrichswald
*Goldbeck
*Hohenrode
*Kohlenstädt
*Krankenhagen
*Möllenbeck
*Rinteln
*Schaumburg
*Steinbergen
*Strücken
*Todenmann
*Uchtdorf
*Volksen
*Wennenkamp
*[[Westendorf (Rinteln)|Westendorf]]
{{div col end}}

==International relations==
{{Main|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}

Rinteln is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rinteln.de/partnerstaedte/|title = Partnerstädte · Rinteln im Weserbergland, Stadt an der Weser}}</ref>

* {{Flagicon|UK}} [[Kendal]], [[Cumbria]]
* {{Flagicon|Poland}} [[Sławno]], [[Pomerania]]

== Notable people ==
* [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Lossberg]] (1720–1800), a [[Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel|Hessian]] Lieutenant General fighting with the British-allied [[Hessian (soldier)|German contingents]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. 
* [[Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe]] (1723–1787), a ruler of the counties of [[Lippe-Alverdissen]] and [[Schaumburg-Lippe]].
* [[Diederik Lodewijk Bennewitz]] (1764–1826), a Dutch goldsmith, silversmith and jeweller.
* [[Friedrich Kohlrausch (physicist)|Friedrich Kohlrausch]] (1840–1910), physicist who investigated the [[conductive]] properties of [[electrolytes]].<ref>{{Cite Americana|wstitle= Kohlrausch, Friedrich |volume= XVI |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Margrit Brückner]] (born 1946) a feminist German sociologist
* [[Cajus Julius Caesar]] (born 1951), politician (CDU). He served in the [[Bundestag]] three times
* [[Paul McGuinness]] (born 1951), talent manager, the manager of the rock band [[U2]] from 1978 to 2013.
* [[Keith Rand]] RSA (1956–2013), an English [[Wood carving|wood sculptor]] and a [[Royal Scottish Academy|Royal Scottish academician]].
* [[Graham Coxon]] (born 1969), musician, singer-songwriter and painter; founding member of the rock band [[Blur (band)|Blur]].
=== Sport ===
* [[Paul Casey (footballer, born 1961)|Paul Casey]] (born 1961), former footballer who played over 450 games
* [[Darren Barnard]] (born 1971), former footballer and manager who played 609 games
* [[Mark Jermyn]] (born 1981), former footballer who played 695 games for [[Dorchester Town F.C.]]
* [[Michael Gash]] (born 1986), footballer who has played over 600 games
* [[Stephanie Goddard]] (born 1988), former footballer, played for [[SV Werder Bremen (women)]]; she played over 250 games
* [[Julian Stöckner]] (born 1989), footballer who played over 230 games

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in the 12th century]]
[[Category:Schaumburg]]
[[Category:1150s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire]]