Rengsdorf is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in

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. It is situated in the

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, approx. 10 km north of

Neuwied Neuwied (, ) is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the Neuwied (district), District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt ...

. Rengsdorf is the seat of the ("collective municipality") Rengsdorf-Waldbreitbach. Today Rengsdorf is a regional well known ("air spa") with popular forest walks. The Rheinsteig, a hiking trail, also passes by the village. File:Rengsdorf VG.JPG, Town hall and seat of the File:Bismarckrengsdorf.jpg, The ' in Rengsdorf, a Bismarck tower, inaugurated in 1903 File:Obere Mühle, Rengsdorf, Germany, in March 2014.jpg, Park of the in 2014 File:Shelter Nonnenley, Rengsdorf, Germany.jpg, The wooden shelter on the '' Ley'' of the same name File:Laubachswinkel.jpg, The brook ''

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'' between Ehlscheid and Rengsdorf

Economy

Lohmann & Rauscher, a developer, producer, and seller of medical devices and hygiene products has one of its headquarters in Rengsdorf (the other one in

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, Austria). The headquarter of , a travel operator, is located in Rengsdorf as well as the one of , a confectionery machinery manufacturer. Since 1997, Winkler und Dünnebier Süßwarenmaschinen

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belongs to the Maschinenbau Runkel GmbH, a mechanical engineering company that is also seated in Rengsdorf. Other companies with their seat in Rengsdorf are meta Trennwandanlagen GmbH & Co. KG, a manufacturer for cubicle systems, personal and storage lockers and changing rooms and the monte mare Betriebs GmbH, a bath operator.

Notable people

* Fritz Henkel (1848–1930), founder of the Henkel Group * Norbert van Heyst (b. 1944), senior commander in the German Army and commander of the

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References

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