Rinteln

Rinteln
Rinteln
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Rinteln within Schaumburg district
	Rinteln Rinteln
	Coordinates: 52°11′26″N 9°4′53″E / 52.19056°N 9.08139°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Schaumburg
Subdivisions	10 Stadtteile
Government
• Mayor (2021–26)	Andrea Lange (Ind.)
Area
• Total	109 km2 (42 sq mi)
Elevation	56 m (184 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	25,721
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	31737
Dialling codes	05751
Vehicle registration	SHG, RI
Website	www.rinteln.de

Rinteln (German: [ˈʁɪntl̩n] ^ⓘ) 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 fame.^[3] Its population is about 28,500.

It is accessed by the A2 autobahn (E30).

^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
^ "Rinteln, Kendal twin town".

[mayor-1] "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.

[2] "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

[3] "Rinteln, Kendal twin town".

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