Rinteln

	RINTELN Country : Germany State : Niedersachsen District (Kreis) : Schaumburg Additions: (to see click on expand) 1974 Ahe 1974 Deckbergen 1974 Engern 1974 Exten 1974 Friedrichswald 1974 Goldbeck 1974 Hohenrode 1974 Kohlenstädt 1974 Krankenhagen 1974 Möllenbeck 1974 Schaumburg 1929 Ostendorf 1929 Rosenthal 1974 Steinbergen 1974 Strücken 1974 Uchtdorf 1974 , Todenmann 1974 Volksen 1974 Wennenkamp 1974 Westendorf Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":52.18679999999999807869244250468909740447998046875,"lon":9.07939999999999969304553815163671970367431640625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Über einem blau-silbernen Fluss im Schildfuß eine dreitürmige silberne Burg im roten Felde, im Tor auf Rot ein silbernes Nesselblatt.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1939.

Rinteln received city rights in 1239 from Count Adolf IV of Schaumburg-Holstein. The oldest seal dates from the second half of the 13^th century and shows the arms of the Counts of Schaumburg-Holstein, the Nesselblatt, or nettle-leaf. Later seals show already the above combination with the Nesselblatt in a gate above waves, the latter symbolising the Weser river. Although all seals show the same composition, the size and shape of the different elements has changed often during the centuries.

Image gallery

The arms in an 1884 book
The arms seen in the town (image Klaas Padberg Everboer)
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in an album from 1968
Postal cancellation

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s

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