Rheinhausen () is a town in the district of
Emmendingen
Emmendingen (; ) is a town in Baden-Württemberg, capital of the Emmendingen (district), district Emmendingen of Germany. It is located at the Elz (Rhine), Elz River, north of Freiburg im Breisgau. The town contains more than 26,000 residents, ...
in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...
in
Germany
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.
Geography
Rheinhausen is located in the northern
Breisgau
The Breisgau () is an area in southwest Germany extending along the Rhine River and enveloping portions of the Black Forest. Part of the state of Baden-Württemberg, it centers on the city of Freiburg im Breisgau. The district of Breisgau-Hoch ...
region on the Rhine river. Along the Rhine, it includes part of the
Taubergießen Nature Reserve, one of the largest nature reserves in Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Neighboring communities
To the west, across the Rhine river in France, is the
Rhinau Island Nature Reserve, in the
Schœnau commune of the
Bas-Rhin department in France's
Alsace region. Across the town's southern border is the village of
Weisweil, to the east are the towns of
Kenzingen
Kenzingen () is a town in the district of Emmendingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Elz, 23 km north of Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by po ...
and
Herbolzheim
Herbolzheim () is a town in the Emmendingen (district), district of Emmendingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated near the river Elz (Rhine), Elz, 26 km north of Freiburg.
People
* Yannick Bury (born 1990), CDU politician
...
, and to the north is the town of
Rust
Rust is an iron oxide, a usually reddish-brown oxide formed by the reaction of iron and oxygen in the catalytic presence of water or air moisture. Rust consists of hydrous iron(III) oxides (Fe2O3·nH2O) and iron(III) oxide-hydroxide (FeO(OH) ...
, in the
Ortenau district.
Villages
In 1972, the town of Rheinhausen was formed by combining two formerly independent communities, now each a village (''
Dorf''), Niederhausen and, to its south, Oberhausen.
References
Emmendingen (district)
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