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Rinteln is a small town in Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony lies in northern Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen States of Germany of Germany. In rural areas Low German is still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. It is located on the banks of the Weser river above the Porta Westfalica
Porta Westfalica

Porta Westfalica is a town in the district of Minden-L?bbecke, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name ?Porta Westfalica? is Latin and means ?gate to Westphalia?....
. Population: 28,500.

It is accessed by the A2
Bundesautobahn 2

is an autobahn in Germany that connects the Ruhr area in the west to Berlin in the east. The A 2 starts at the western city of Oberhausen, passes through the north of the Ruhr valley, through the M?nsterland and into Ostwestfalen, crossing the former inner-German border and continuing through the Magdeburger B?rde to merge into the Berliner R...
 autobahn
Autobahn

is the German language word for a major high-speed road restricted to motor vehicles capable of driving at least and having full control of access, similar to a motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries....
 (E30).

settlement of Rinteln was founded about 1150 on the northern bank of the Weser.






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Rinteln is a small town in Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony lies in northern Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen States of Germany of Germany. In rural areas Low German is still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. It is located on the banks of the Weser river above the Porta Westfalica
Porta Westfalica

Porta Westfalica is a town in the district of Minden-L?bbecke, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name ?Porta Westfalica? is Latin and means ?gate to Westphalia?....
. Population: 28,500.

It is accessed by the A2
Bundesautobahn 2

is an autobahn in Germany that connects the Ruhr area in the west to Berlin in the east. The A 2 starts at the western city of Oberhausen, passes through the north of the Ruhr valley, through the M?nsterland and into Ostwestfalen, crossing the former inner-German border and continuing through the Magdeburger B?rde to merge into the Berliner R...
 autobahn
Autobahn

is the German language word for a major high-speed road restricted to motor vehicles capable of driving at least and having full control of access, similar to a motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries....
 (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 today's town, since the northern village was abandoned in 1350 due to the plague
Black Death

The Black Death, was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, widely thought to have been caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis , but recently attributed by some factors to other diseases....
. The village grew to a fortified town, that served as a southern stronghold of the counts of Schaumburg.

From 1621 until its dissolution in 1810 during the Westphalian
Kingdom of Westphalia

The Kingdom of Westphalia was a historical state that existed from 1807-1813 in parts of present-day Germany. While formally independent, it was a vassal state of France, ruled by Napoleon I of France's brother J?r?me Bonaparte....
 rule under Jérôme Bonaparte
Jérôme Bonaparte

J?r?me-Napol?on Bonaparte, French Prince, King of Westphalia, 1st Prince of Montfort of Vorarlberg was the youngest brother of Napoleon I of France, who made him king of Kingdom of Westphalia ....
, Rinteln was the seat of a university. When Schaumburg was divided in 1640, Rinteln became the capital of the eastern part, that retained the name "Schaumburg". 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 neighbouring district of Schaumburg-Lippe in 1977.

Villages

  • Ahe
  • Deckbergen
  • Engern
  • Exten
  • Friedrichshöhe
  • Friedrichswald
  • Goldbeck
  • Hohenrode
  • Kohlenstädt
  • Krankenhagen
  • Möllenbeck
  • Rinteln
  • Schaumburg
  • Steinbergen
  • Strücken
  • Todenmann
  • Uchtdorf
  • Volksen
  • Wennenkamp
  • Westendorf


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