Rhinow

Rhinow
Coat of arms
Rhinow
Location of Rhinow within Havelland district
Coordinates: 52°45′00″N 12°19′59″E / 52.75000°N 12.33306°ECoordinates: 52°45′00″N 12°19′59″E / 52.75000°N 12.33306°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Havelland
Municipal assoc.	Rhinow
Government
• Mayor	Sybille Heling (FDP)
Area
• Total	31.51 km^2 (12.17 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,625
• Density	52/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	14728
Dialling codes	033875
Vehicle registration	HVL
Website	www.rhinow.de

Rhinow (German pronunciation: [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).

Geography

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).

Stadtgliederung

Greater Rhinow includes the village of Kietz.

History

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

Demography

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)

Rhinow:
Population development within the current boundaries^[2]

Year Popul. 1875 1 397 1890 1 512 1910 1 540 1925 1 533 1933 1 551 1939 1 713 1946 2 728 1950 2 553 1964 2 051 1971 2 052

Year Popul. 1981 2 198 1985 2 213 1989 2 222 1990 2 146 1991 2 090 1992 2 065 1993 2 086 1994 2 070 1995 2 103 1996 2 111

Year Popul. 1997 2 154 1998 2 165 1999 2 146 2000 2 101 2001 2 021 2002 2 012 2003 1 967 2004 1 959 2005 1 933 2006 1 874

Year Popul. 2007 1 821 2008 1 758 2009 1 714 2010 1 716 2011 1 695 2012 1 667

Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.^[3]

City Council

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

• FDP 6 seats
• SPD 3 seats
• CDU 2 seats
• Die Linke 1 seat

(As of elections held on September 28, 2008)

Architecture

• 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.

Personalities

• Otto Lilienthal 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.

References

1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2015 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2016.
2. Boundaries as of 2013
3. Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons