Reinheim is a town in the

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district, in

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. It is situated southeast of

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International relations

Twin towns - Sister cities

Reinheim is

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with: *

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(since 29.6.2001) *

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(since 1982) *

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(since 1989) *

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(since 1991)

Districts

Reinheim consist of Reinheim, Spachbrücken, Ueberau, Georgenhausen and Zeilhard, there are three small housing areas called Hundertmorgen, Dilshofen and Orscheläcker. Orscheläcker is a part of Spachbrücken, Hundertmorgen and Dilshofen are not a part of Reinheim, but they affiliate magistrate Reinheim.

Transport

Reinheim has had a

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since 1871 and bus.

Personalities

Julius Scriba Julius Karl Scriba (5 June 1848 – 3 January 1905) was a German surgeon serving as a foreign advisor in Meiji period Japan, where he was an important contributor to the development of Western medicine in Japan. Biography Scriba was born in D ...

(1848-1905), physician and botanist * Julius Scriba (1866-1937), pharmacist * Wilhelm von Willich von Pöllnitz (1807-1887), administrative officer and deputy of the 1st and 2nd chamber of the provinces of the Grand Duchy of Hesse

References

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