# Rahden > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rahden > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rahden.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahden > Source revision: 1332103253 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Rahden Town Flag Coat of arms Location of Rahden within Minden-Lübbecke district Location of Rahden Rahden Show map of Germany Rahden Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia Coordinates: 52°25′N 8°37′E / 52.417°N 8.617°E / 52.417; 8.617 Country Germany State North Rhine-Westphalia Admin. region Detmold District Minden-Lübbecke Subdivisions 7 Government • Mayor (2025–30) Florian Haase[1] (FDP) Area • Total 137.48 km2 (53.08 sq mi) Elevation 39 m (128 ft) Population (2024-12-31)[2] • Total 16,195 • Density 117.80/km2 (305.10/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) Postal codes 32369 Dialling codes 05771 Vehicle registration MI Website www.rahden.de **Rahden** (German pronunciation: [\[ˈʁaːdn̩\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-Rahden.ogg); [Low German](/source/Low_German_language): *Roh'n*) is a town in the far north of [North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/North_Rhine-Westphalia) between [Bielefeld](/source/Bielefeld) and [Bremen](/source/Bremen) and between [Hanover](/source/Hanover) and [Osnabrück](/source/Osnabr%C3%BCck). Rahden is part of the [Minden-Lübbecke](/source/Minden-L%C3%BCbbecke) District in [East Westphalia-Lippe](/source/East_Westphalia-Lippe). Rahden was first mentioned in 1033, and from 1816 to 1831 was county town of the district Rahden. ## Geography Rahden is situated approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of [Lübbecke](/source/L%C3%BCbbecke) and 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-west of [Minden](/source/Minden). It is the northernmost town of North Rhine-Westphalia. ### Town subdivisions Rahden districts The town of Rahden consists of 7 districts: - Rahden (4,689 inhabitants) - Kleinendorf (4,242 inhabitants) - Varl (1,676 inhabitants) - Sielhorst (791 inhabitants) - Preußisch Ströhen (2,075 inhabitants) - Wehe (1,730 inhabitants) - Tonnenheide (1,784 inhabitants) ## Mayors Bert Honsel (CDU) was elected mayor in September 2015 with 61.1% of the votes. Term of office Mayor 1973–1985 Reinhold Spönemann (CDU) 1985–1999 Wilhelm Möhring (CDU) 1999–2015 Bernd Hachmann (CDU) since 2015 Bert Honsel (CDU) ## International relations See also: [List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany](/source/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Germany) Rahden is [twinned](/source/Town_twinning) with: - [Glindow](/source/Werder_(Havel)) ([Berlin](/source/Berlin), [Germany](/source/Germany)) -- since 1990 - [Galgahévíz](/source/Galgah%C3%A9v%C3%ADz) ([Hungary](/source/Hungary)) -- since 1995 ## Notable people - [Achim Post](/source/Achim_Post) (born 1959), German politician - [Tine Wittler](/source/Tine_Wittler) (born 1973), German writer and television presenter ### Honorary citizen The only honorary citizen of Rahden is Professor [Carl Langhorst](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl_Langhorst&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Langhorst)] (d. 1950 Rahden). He was born in 1867 in the Great Village and was a prominent portrait painter, poet and the composer of the "New Westphalia March." A street in downtown Rahden is named after him. ### Sons and daughters of the town The individuals listed here come from the city Rahden and have both regional, national or even international importance. Here, the list is not exhaustive. (As far as possible, rather than the flat giving Rahden the origin of the respective municipality or later noted the district. By screenability each column is not just a last name in alphabetical order, but it can also be found quickly anniversary dates.) Name born in died in note Christine von Halle [de] 1533 Rahden 1603 Breitenburg Wife of Heinrich Rantzau Robert Portner 1837 Rahden 1906 Manassas, VA, USA Brewer and inventor Carl Langhorst 1867 Rahden 1950 Painter and composer Christian Rosenbohm [de] 1878 Rahden 1948 Lübbecke Member of the Landtag NRW, County Council Member for Westphalia Friedhelm Ortgies 1950 Rahden Member of the NRW state parliament Wilhelm Priesmeier [de] 1954 Rahden Member of the Bundestag Andreas Brandhorst 1956 Rahden Fantasy- and Science-Fiction-author and translator Heinrich Bretthorst 1883 Rahden 1962 Leipzig politician(SPD/SED) Benny [de] (Benny Schnier) 1957 Rahden Radio and television presenter and singer Kurt Bock 1958 Rahden Chairman of BASF Achim Post 1959 Rahden Deputy federal secretary of the SPD, a member of the Bundestag Michael Buhre [de] 1961 Rahden Mayor of Minden Dietmar Kolbus 1966 Rahden chess players Jens-Hermann Kleine [de] 1972 Rahden Director of Office Unterspreewald, Brandenburg Chris Bollenbach [de] 1972 Rahden Was a member of the NRW state parliament Friedrich Schepsmeier [de] 1949 Rahden Was a member of the NRW state parliament Tine Wittler 1973 Rahden Writer and television presenter (for use in homes, RTL) Lars Windhorst 1976 Rahden Entrepreneurial wunderkind of the 90 Stefan Wessels 1979 Rahden Keeper, played from 1998 till 2003 at FC Bayern München ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [WDR.de: FDP-Bürgermeister Haase erobert CDU-Hochburg Rahden](https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/westfalen-lippe/fdp-buergermeister-rahden-100.html), September 2025 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2024 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022"](https://www.landesdatenbank.nrw.de/ldbnrw//online?operation=table&code=12411-01i&bypass=true&levelindex=0&levelid=1750236363127#abreadcrumb) (in German). [Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW](/source/Landesbetrieb_Information_und_Technik_NRW). ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Rahden](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rahden). - [Official site](http://www.rahden.de/) (in German) v t e Towns and municipalities in Minden-Lübbecke Bad Oeynhausen Espelkamp Hille Hüllhorst Lübbecke Minden Petershagen Porta Westfalica Preußisch Oldendorf Rahden Stemwede Coat of Arms of Minden-Lübbecke district Authority control databases International VIAF GND WorldCat National United States Israel Geographic MusicBrainz area Other Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rahden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahden) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahden?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.