Rinteln

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RINTELN

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Schaumburg
Additions : 1974 Ahe, Deckbergen, Engern, Exten, Friedrichswald, Goldbeck, Hohenrode, Kohlenstädt, Krankenhagen, Möllenbeck, Schaumburg (1929 Ostendorf, Rosenthal), Steinbergen, Strücken, Uchtdorf, Todenmann, Volksen, Wennenkamp, Westendorf

Official blazon

German

Über einem blau-silbernen Fluss im Schildfuß eine dreitürmige silberne Burg im roten Felde, im Tor auf Rot ein silbernes Nesselblatt.

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.