Rhinow

Rhinow
Rhinow
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Rhinow within Havelland district
	Rhinow Rhinow
	Coordinates: 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 (2024–29)	Stefan Schneider (SPD)
Area
• Total	31.51 km2 (12.17 sq mi)
Elevation	30 m (100 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,597
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	14728
Dialling codes	033875
Vehicle registration	HVL
Website	www.rhinow.de

Rhinow (German: [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).

Administrative division

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

Rhinow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)^[3]

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	1,397	—
1890	1,512	+0.53%
1910	1,540	+0.09%
1925	1,533	−0.03%
1933	1,551	+0.15%
1939	1,713	+1.67%
1946	2,728	+6.87%
1950	2,553	−1.64%
1964	2,051	−1.55%
1971	2,052	+0.01%
1981	2,198	+0.69%
1985	2,213	+0.17%
1989	2,222	+0.10%
1990	2,146	−3.42%
1991	2,090	−2.61%
1992	2,065	−1.20%
1993	2,086	+1.02%
1994	2,070	−0.77%
1995	2,103	+1.59%
1996	2,111	+0.38%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1997	2,154	+2.04%
1998	2,165	+0.51%
1999	2,146	−0.88%
2000	2,101	−2.10%
2001	2,021	−3.81%
2002	2,012	−0.45%
2003	1,967	−2.24%
2004	1,959	−0.41%
2005	1,933	−1.33%
2006	1,874	−3.05%
2007	1,821	−2.83%
2008	1,758	−3.46%
2009	1,714	−2.50%
2010	1,716	+0.12%
2011	1,695	−1.22%
2012	1,667	−1.65%
2013	1,640	−1.62%
2014	1,649	+0.55%
2015	1,625	−1.46%
2016	1,614	−0.68%

Politics

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)

Elections in 2014:

SPD: 4
FDP: 2
The Left: 2
CDU: 1
Single candidates: 3

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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 (1848-1896), 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

^ Landkreis Havelland Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
^ Ergebnis der Kommunalwahl am 25. Mai 2014

[1] Landkreis Havelland Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

[2] "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.

[3] Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

[4] Ergebnis der Kommunalwahl am 25. Mai 2014

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Authority control databases
International	VIAF WorldCat
National	Germany