Rahden

Rahden is a town in the far north of North Rhine-Westphalia between Bielefeld and Bremen and between Hanover and Osnabrück. Rahden is part of the Minden-Lübbecke District in 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 km north of Lübbecke and 25 km north-west of Minden. It is the northernmost town of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Town subdivisions
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.

International relations
Rahden is twinned with:
 * Flag of Germany.svg Glindow (Berlin, Germany) -- since 1990
 * Flag of Hungary.svg Galgahévíz (Hungary) -- since 1995

Notable people

 * Tine Wittler (born 1973), German writer and television presenter

Honorary citizen
The only honorary citizen of Rahden is Professor 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.)