Rhinow (ˈʁiːnoː) is a town in the Havelland

Havelland

Havelland is a geograhical region and district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Ostprignitz-Ruppin and Oberhavel, the city-state of Berlin, the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark, the city of Brandenburg and the state of Saxony-Anhalt .-History:-Geography:Geographically...

 district (Landkreis), in Brandenburg

Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is situated 16 km north of Rathenow

Rathenow

Rathenow is a town in the district of Havelland in Brandenburg, Germany, with a population of 26,433 .-Overview:The Protestant church of St. Marien Andreas, originally a basilica, and transformed to the Gothic style in 1517-1589, and the Roman Catholic Church of St...

, and 22 km south of Kyritz

Kyritz

Kyritz is a town in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 28 km west of Neuruppin and 28 km southeast of Pritzwalk.There are 9,900 inhabitants .-Overview:...

. Rhinow is the administrative seat (Verwaltungssitz) of the Rhinow district

Rhinow (Amt)

Rhinow is an Amt in the district of Havelland, in Brandenburg, Germany. Its seat is in Rhinow.The Amt Rhinow consists of the following municipalities:#Gollenberg#Großderschau#Havelaue#Kleßen-Görne#Rhinow#Seeblick...

 (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)

Bundesstraße

Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...

 102 cuts through the area. Since 2003, the stretch between Rathenow

Rathenow

Rathenow is a town in the district of Havelland in Brandenburg, Germany, with a population of 26,433 .-Overview:The Protestant church of St. Marien Andreas, originally a basilica, and transformed to the Gothic style in 1517-1589, and the Roman Catholic Church of St...

 and Neustadt (Dosse) is no longer served by public rail transit (Öffentlichen Personennahverkehr).

History

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

Otto Lilienthal

Otto Lilienthal was a German pioneer of human aviation who became known as the Glider King. He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful gliding flights. He followed an experimental approach established earlier by Sir George Cayley...

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City Council

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

• FDP 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
  Otto Lilienthal
  Otto Lilienthal was a German pioneer of human aviation who became known as the Glider King. He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful gliding flights. He followed an experimental approach established earlier by Sir George Cayley...
  
   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
  Gollenberg
  Gollenberg is a municipality in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany consisting of Schönholz-Neuwerder, Stölln and Ohnewitz.-History:...
  
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