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Rhede

This article is about the municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia. For the municipality on the river Ems, see Rhede, Lower Saxony. For the similarly named municipality in the Netherlands, see Rheden.
Rhede
Flag of Rhede
Flag
Coat of arms of Rhede
Coat of arms
Location of Rhede within Borken district
Borken (district)North Rhine-WestphaliaKleve (district)Wesel (district)Coesfeld (district)Coesfeld (district)Lower SaxonySteinfurt (district)NetherlandsRaesfeldHeidenRhedeBocholtBorkenRekenVelenStadtlohnHeekAhausGescherLegdenSchöppingenGronauVredenSüdlohnIsselburgRhede in BOR.svg
Rhede is located in Germany
Rhede
Rhede
Rhede is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhede
Rhede
Coordinates: 51°50′00″N 06°42′02″E / 51.83333°N 6.70056°E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionMünster
DistrictBorken
Subdivisions5
Government
 • MayorJürgen Bernsmann
Area
 • Total78.65 km2 (30.37 sq mi)
Elevation
32 m (105 ft)
Population
(2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total19,299
 • Density250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
46414
Dialling codes0 28 72
Vehicle registrationBOR
Websitewww.rhede.de

Rhede (German: [ˈʁeːdə] ) is a municipality in the district of Borken in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) east of Bocholt.

Born in Rhede

  • Franz August Schmölders (1809–1880), Orientalist
  • Bernardo Enrique Witte (1926–2015), Roman Catholic bishop
  • Michael Roes (born 1960), writer
  • Thomas Giessing (born 1961), athlete and Olympic athlete
  • Ulrike Tillmann (born 1962), mathematician
  • Kristian Liebrand (born 1973), photographer

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

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