Rheinfelden ( gsw, Badisch-Rhyfälde, ) is a town in the district of Lörrach in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

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. It is situated on the right bank of the

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, across from Rheinfelden, Switzerland, and 15 km east of

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

. The population is 32,919 as of 2020, making it the second most populated town of the district after

Lörrach Lörrach () is a town in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the capital of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, including t ...

Geography

Rheinfelden is located on the Swiss-German border, between the

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to the south and the Dinkelberg hills to the north in the district of Lörrach. It borders the Swiss town of the same name across the Rhine river, and the towns of

Grenzach-Wyhlen Grenzach-Wyhlen is a municipality in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, 7 km east of Basel, and 8 km south of Lörrach. It has borders to Inzlingen and Rheinfelden ...

Inzlingen Inzlingen is a village in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. From the Fondation Beyeler, a famous art collection in Riehen in the canton Basel Stadt, Switzerland, the street Inzlingerstrasse goes uphill to Inz ...

, Steinen,

Maulburg Maulburg is a municipality in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Transport The municipality has a railway station, , on the Wiese Valley Railway The Wiese Valley Railway (german: Wiesentalbahn) is a 27.2 km long, el ...

Schopfheim Schopfheim is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Wiese, 10 km north of Rheinfelden, and 13 km east of Lörrach. The town is the birthplace of Gisela Oeri, Max Picard, and ...

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, and Wehr in Germany.

Communities

Rheinfelden consists of a relatively young town core (founded in the late 19th century), two formerly independent villages ( Nollingen and Warmbach), and seven villages which were incorporated into the town between 1972 and 1975. These are: * Degerfelden ( alem. ''Degerfälde''). * Minseln (alem. ''Meisele''). * Herten (alem. ''Herte''). * Nordschwaben (alem. ''Nordschwoobe''). * Adelhausen (alem. ''Adelhuuse''). * Eichsel (alem. ''Eiggsle'') * Karsau (alem. ''Charsau'') and its community of Beuggen (alem. ''Büügge''). Apart from the town core, the villages forming Rheinfelden date from the early Middle Ages. Partly because of this, a teasing animosity exists between the villages with their longer history and traditions, and the industrial town core with its diverse population of recent origin.

Twin towns – sister cities

Rheinfelden (Baden) is twinned with: *

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, France *

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, Wales

Notable people

* Hans Blum (1841–1910), journalist and writer, lived in Rheinfelden from 1865The Encyclopedia Americana, Blum, Hans
retrieved 4 February 2019 *

Jürgen Untermann Jürgen Untermann (24 October 1928, in Rheinfelden – 7 February 2013, in Brauweiler) was a German linguist, indoeuropeanist and epigraphist. A disciple of Hans Krahe and of Ulrich Schmoll, he studied at the University of Frankfurt and the U ...

(1928–2013), linguist, indoeuropeanist and epigraphist *

Anne-Sophie Mutter Anne-Sophie Mutter (born 29 June 1963) is a German violinist. She was supported early in her career by Herbert von Karajan. As an advocate of contemporary music, she has had several works composed especially for her, by Sebastian Currier, Henri ...

(born 1963), violinist * Jochen Böhler (born 1969), historian, specializing in the military history of World War II *

Dietmar Dath Dietmar Dath (born 3 April 1970) is a German author, journalist and translator. Life Born in Rheinfelden, Dath grew up in Schopfheim, Germany, and finished high school in Freiburg. After civilian service he studied German studies and physics i ...

(born 1970), author, journalist and translator * Monique Riesterer (born 1971), weightlifter *

Lars Halter Lars Halter (born November 29, 1973 in Rheinfelden, Germany) is a German journalist, who has also worked in the U.S. As a journalist he covered Wall Street for German TV stations n-tv and Deutsche Welle in Berlin, where he is currently a report ...

(born 1973), German-American journalist *

Ruwen Faller Ruwen Faller (born 22 July 1980, in Rheinfelden) is a German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 45.74 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central Germ ...

(born 1980), 400 metre sprinter * Raoul Petretta (born 1997), Italian footballer

References

Twin cities Lörrach (district) Germany–Switzerland border crossings Divided cities Baden {{Lörrach-geo-stub