Rheine

town in Steinfurt District, Münster Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Summary

Rheine is a large district town[1]. Rheine draws 3,875 Wikipedia views per month (large district town category, ranking #16 of 30).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Climate Alliance[3], Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen[4], association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[5]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Steinfurt[6]
  • Country: Germany[7]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Ems[8]
  • Instance of: Hanseatic city[9], urban municipality in Germany[10]
  • Shares border with: Hörstel[11], Emsdetten[12], Neuenkirchen[13], Spelle[14], Salzbergen[15]
  • Twinned administrative body: Trakai[16], Borne[17], Bernburg[18], Leiria[19]
  • Postal code: 48429–48432[20]
  • Part of: Münsterland[21]
  • Commons category: Rheine[22]
  • Licence plate code: ST[23]
  • Local dialing code: 05459[24], 05971[25], 05975[26]
  • Archives at: Stadtarchiv Rheine[27]
  • Official website: https://www.rheine.de/[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rheine[29]
  • Commons gallery: Rheine[30]
  • Described at URL: https://www.kek-online.de/medienkonzentration/mediendatenbank/#/profile/shareholder/5f1045b0-3aee-4c67-88b0-25953fa04376[31]
  • Population: 74,852[32], 76,018[33], 71,539[34], 76,107[35], 76,948[36], 77,893[37], 78,220[38], 77,209[39], 76,735[40], 77,552[41]
  • Described by source: Topographia Westphaliae[42], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[43]
  • Category for people born here: Q18753447[44]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Rheine[45]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Rheine[46]
  • Short name: Rhn[47]
  • Elevation above sea level: 35 m[48]
  • Area: 144.86 km²[49], 145 km²[50]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Rheine include Rheine-Bentlage Air Base[51], an aerodrome[52], in Germany[53].

Why It Matters

Rheine has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Rheine is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

Entities named for Rheine include Rheine-Bentlage Air Base[51], an aerodrome[52], in Germany[53].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . trakai.lt. trakai.lt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . klimabuendnis.org. klimabuendnis.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [4] ↑ . kommunen.nrw. Retrieved . kommunen.nrw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [5] ↑ . agfs-nrw.de. Retrieved . agfs-nrw.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . DESTATIS 1975. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . statistikportal.de. Retrieved . statistikportal.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . register of German municipalities (4th quarter 2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . register of German municipalities (2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . register of German municipalities (2023). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Q137944348. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . statistikportal.de. Retrieved . statistikportal.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Q141265959. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . directory of German Library Codes. wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Wetterman-Andi · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'avk', 'be', 'ce', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Sitelink count → 61
    Population → {'amount': '+74852'}, {'amount': '+76018'}, {'amount': '+71539'} +7
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Population: 77,209"
  2. 17d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 61
    Population → {'amount': '+74852'}, {'amount': '+76018'}, {'amount': '+71539'} +7
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'avk', 'be', 'ce', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Population: 77,552"
  3. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+74852'}, {'amount': '+76018'}, {'amount': '+71539'} +7
    Wikidata description → town in Steinfurt District, Münster Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, G
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51891|batch #51891]]: einwohnerzahlen2025"
  4. 18w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0427904-Rheine-Nemecko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0427904-Rheine-Nemecko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  6. 23w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → large district town, Hanseatic city, urban municipality in Germany
    Twinned administrative body → Trakai, Borne, Bernburg +1
    Category for people born here → Q18753447
    Dewey decimal classification → 2--435612
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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