Rendsburg
| Rendsburg | ||
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Railway bridge | ||
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  Rendsburg | ||
Location of Rendsburg within Rendsburg-Eckernförde district  | ||
| Coordinates: 54°18′0″N 9°40′0″E / 54.30000°N 9.66667°ECoordinates: 54°18′0″N 9°40′0″E / 54.30000°N 9.66667°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein | |
| District | Rendsburg-Eckernförde | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Pierre Gilgenast (SPD) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 23.72 km2 (9.16 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 27,617 | |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 24768 | |
| Dialling codes | 04331 | |
| Vehicle registration | RD | |
| Website | www.rendsburg.de | |
Rendsburg (Danish: Rendsborg) is a town on the River Eider and the Kiel Canal in the central part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis (district) of Rendsburg-Eckernförde. As of 2006, it had a population of 28,476.
History
Rendsburg's foundation date is unknown. Rendsburg was first mentioned in 1199. An old form of its name in Danish was Reynoldsburgh.
It became a part of Holstein in the 13th century, but was transferred to Schleswig in 1460. Many times the town passed from Danish to German control and vice versa. In the German-Danish War in 1864 Rendsburg was finally seized by Kingdom of Prussia and Austria. After 1866 the town was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia. Since that time it has remained part of Germany.
Although the Eider is navigable for small craft from its mouth on the North Sea to Rendsburg, the town's importance rose in 1895, when the Kiel Canal was finished. The much larger ships that could navigate the Kiel Canal meant that, although situated inland, Rendsburg became a seaport and a dockyard.
Main sights
The most prominent structure in town, the Rendsburg High Bridge, a railway bridge made of steel, 2,500m in length and 41m in height, was constructed in 1913 to take the Neumünster–Flensburg railway over the Kiel Canal from the relatively flat land on either side. It is the longest railway bridge in Europe (highway/rail bridge Øresund Bridge is longer): on the northern side, the bridge connects to the Rendsburg Loop to gain height and to allow trains to continue to serve the Rendsburg station. Suspended from the railway bridge, a transporter bridge - one of only twenty ever built - traverses the canal.
The German Army's Air Defence School and the Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz are both located in Rendsburg.
Other sights include:
- Town hall, 16th century
- Marienkirche (St. Mary's Church), 1286
- Kiel Canal Pedestrian Tunnel, longest pedestrian tunnel in the world
- The longest bench in the world (501 m), on the banks of the Kiel Canal
- Jewish Museum Rendsburg[2]
- Museums in the Cultural Centre (Historical Museum Rendsburg / Printing Museum)[3]
People from Rendsburg
- Otto Bernhardt (born 1942, Rendsburg), a German politician of the CDU
- Hans-Ludwig Blohm (1927, Rendsburg), a master photographer and author
- Patrik Borger
- Ludwig Fahrenkrog, writer, playwright and artist
- Hanne Haller
- Hans Egon Holthusen (1913–1997), lyric poet, essayist, and literary scholar
- Hartmut Lutz, Professor of American and Canadian studies at the University of Greifswald
- Michael Maier (1568–1622), a physician, learned alchemist, and counsellor to Rudolf II Habsburg
- Theodor Mommsen, Germany's first Nobel Prize winner for literature, lived in Rendsburg for many years.
- Gerd Schwidrowski
- Christian Scriver
- Noah Wunsch, painter, photographer and designer
- Levin Moses Wallach, a German-Danish rabbi[4]
- Dominik Götz, ambassador of peace
- Heinrich Adolph Leschen, father of gymnastics in South Australia[5]
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Rendsburg is twinned with:
Lancaster, United Kingdom, since 1950
Vierzon, France, since 1954
Aalborg, Denmark, since 1967[6]
Haapsalu, Estonia, since 1989
Kristianstad, Sweden, since 1992
Skien, Norway, since 1995
Rathenow, Germany, since 1989
Ledyard, Connecticut, since 2013
Friendship agreements
Rendsbug also has friendship agreements with:
Almere, Netherlands, since 1994- Piteå, Sweden, since 1978
Racibórz, Poland, since 1995
Notable people
- Erhard Asmus (1907–1978), author of Low German comedies
- Hans Egon Holthusen (1913–1997), German lyric poet
- Hans Blohm (born 1927), a photographer, an author in Canada
- Ralph-Rainer Wuthenow (born 1928), literary scholar
- Hinrich Seidel (born 1931), President of the University of Hannover
- Marvelli jr. (1932–2008), German magician
- Otto Bernhardt (born 1942), politician
- Peter Reichel (born 1942), political scientist
- Günter Dibbern (born 1946), manager
- Gesine Froese (born 1947), journalist and author
- Dorit Urd Feddersen-Petersen (born 1948), behavioral scientist
- Günter Neugebauer (born 1948), politician
- Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk (born 1948), politician
- Herbert H. Klement (born 1949), Protestant theologian
- Hanne Haller (1950–2005), pop singer
- Ingo Langner (born 1951), a documentary filmmaker, author, publicist
- Silke Leverkühne (born 1953), a painter and university lecturer
- Jens Ahlers (born 1953), director of the Schleswig-Holstein State Library
- Jörn Eckert (1954–2006), lawyer
- Volker Reinhardt (born 1954), historian
- Andreas Willers (born 1957), German jazz musician
- Gerhard Delling (born 1959), sportswriter
- Uwe Arkuszewski (1962–2004), musician and presenter ( The voice of the North )
- Marianne Grosse (born 1962), politician
- Torsten Warnecke (born 1962), politician
- Pierre Gilgenast (born 1965), mayor
- Jost de Jager (born 1965), politician
- Jörn Jacob Rohwer (born 1965), Judaic scholar, educator, publicist
- Mannhard Bech (born 1967), former handball player
- Knud Bielefeld (1967), the name researchers
- Andreas Merkel (born 1970), writer
- Arne Feldhusen (born 1971) Director
- Miriam Pede (born 1975), presenter and journalist
- Torge Greve (born 1975), handball player
- Tobias Skerka (born 1975), handball player
- Norman Kolodziej (born 1977), electronic musician and producer
- Maik Makowka (born 1979), handball player
- DJ Phono (born 1979), DJ and conceptual artist
- Nico Kibat (born 1980), handball player
- Dennis Tretow (born 1983), handball player
- Marco Wriedt (born 1984), guitarist and composer
- Lauritz Schoof (born 1990), rower
- Morten Dibbert (born 1991), handball player
References
- ↑ "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2015] (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).
- ↑ http://www.schloss-gottorf.de/juedisches-museum
- ↑ http://www.museen-rendsburg.de
- ↑ da:Levin Moses Wallach
- ↑ http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/leschen-heinrich-adolph-13043
- ↑ "Aalborg Twin Towns". Europeprize.net. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
External links
Media related to Rendsburg at Wikimedia Commons
