title: Rheinau (Baden)
text: # Rheinau (Baden)
  
  Rheinau (Low Alemannic: Rhinai) is a town in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany and is part of the district of Ortenau.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Rheinau is located in the Upper Rhine River Plains directly on the Rhine and as such at the German-French border. The center of town is located immediately on the Rhine crossing to France and the southern borough of Linx is located not far from Kehl and Strasbourg.
  
  ### Neighbouring communities
  
  Rheinau shares common borders with the following cities and towns, listed clockwise from the north: Lichtenau (district of Rastatt), Achern, Renchen, Appenweier and Kehl (all in the district of Ortenau) and the Alsatian towns of Gambsheim and La Wantzenau.
  
  ### Boroughs
  
  Rheinau is made up of the boroughs of Freistett (Hauptort and administrative seat of Rheinau with city hall), Diersheim, Hausgereut, Helmlingen, Holzhausen, Honau, Linx, Memprechtshofen and Rheinbischofsheim.
  
  * Boroughs of Rheinau
  * Freistett
  * Freistett
  * Helmlingen
  * Memprechtshofen
  * Memprechtshofen
  * Rheinbischofsheim
  
  ## History
  
  The city of Rheinau was created during the Baden-Württemberg district reform in 1975 through the combination of the formerly independent communities of Freistett, Helmlingen, Memprechtshofen, Rheinbischofsheim, Hausgereut, Diersheim, Linx, Hohbühn, Holzhausen and Honau.
  
  ## Local council (Elections in May 2014)
  
  * SPD = 11 seats
  * IG Handel = 4 seats
  * CDU = 12 seats
  * Total = 27 seats
  
  ## Churches
  
  * Lutheran Church Rheinbischhofsheim: 56 m high, largest church in the area, built in 1876, remodeled in 1998
  * Heidenkirchl (in Freistett)
  * St. Nikolaus Church
  
  ## Economy and infrastructure
  
  ### Infrastructure
  
  Rheinau is connected to Achern, Bühl and Kehl by bus lines and belongs to the Public Transportation Authority of the district of Ortenau.
  
  