Rheinstetten is a town in the district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

. The town is situated 7 km southwest of Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe

The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...

. Several people from Karlsruhe live in this Vorort

Vorort

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Geography

The town is located in the Upper Rhine

Upper Rhine

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 valley. The famous Black Forest

Black Forest

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 is ten kilometres to the east. On the west border

Border

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 of the town flows the Rhine. The town is divided into three town districts: Forchheim (Rheinstetten), Morsch and Neuburgweier in the west. There is also the 8 metres wide Federbach (River).
In the South of the town is Durmersheim

Durmersheim

Durmersheim is a small town in the district of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Southwest Germany and has a population of 12,049 .Durmersheim is situated between Karlsruhe and Rastatt, in the valley of the river Rhine near the border to France. There is also a forest in the valley, named Hardtwald, c...

 located.

Partner cities

Partner cities/twin towns of Rheinstetten are Palca (Peru

Peru

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) Vecsés

Vecsés

Vecsés is a town of 20,550 inhabitants in Budapest metropolitan area, Pest county, Hungary, situated adjacent to Budapest's Ferihegy Airport.-History:...

 (Hungary

Hungary

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) Navarrenx

Navarrenx

Navarrenx is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-See also:*Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department...

 (France

France

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