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{{Infobox settlement
|name          =  Rhynern
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|settlement_type        = Town and former municipality
|image_skyline          = Hamm Rhynern Autobahntankstelle.jpg
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|image_seal             = DEU Rhynern COA.svg
|pushpin_map            = Germany North Rhine-Westphalia
|pushpin_label_position = right
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in North Rhine-Westphalia
|subdivision_type       = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Germany]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[States of Germany|State]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
|subdivision_type2      = Region
|subdivision_name2      = [[Arnsberg (region)|Arnsberg]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Districts of Germany|District]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia|Hamm]]
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|area_total_km2         = 59.22
|population_as_of       = 2005
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|population_total       = 18578
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|timezone               = [[Time in Burma|MST]]
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'''Rhynern''', also '''Hamm-Rhynern''', is the largest [[Stadtbezirk|city district]] by area (59.22&nbsp;km ²) of the city of [[Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia|Hamm]], [[Westphalia]], [[Germany]]. Until 1968 Rhynern was the administrative center of [[Amt#Germany|Amt]] Rhynern.
==Overview==
It has 18,578 inhabitants. The town is predominantly rural-agrarian and lies off the [[Bundesautobahn 2]] on [[European route E34]], south of the town of [[Westtünnen]]. The L669 road connects it to villages [[Wambeln]] and [[Scheidingen]] in the south and the K10 road connects it to the village of [[Osttünnen]] two miles to the northeast.<ref name="FuermannCranz1947">{{cite book|last1=Fuermann|first1=George|last2=Cranz|first2=Ferdinand Edward|title=Ninety-fifth Infantry Division history, 1918-1946 |year=1947|url=https://archive.org/details/95thInfantryDivHistory|accessdate=25 July 2011 |publisher=A. Love Enterprises}}</ref> It lies on the Hamm-[[Soest, Germany|Soest]] Railway.
Rhynern is located in the heart of Westphalia. Its coordinates based on the old village church are 51° 37' 47.8" N, 7° 51' 29.2" E, it is calibrated to 92.96 m above sea level.
The oldest written reference is found in approximately the year 1000 in a manuscript, which is located in the State Archives of [[Münster]]. In 1302 it fell into possession of the Bishops of Munster. During the French occupation in the 19th Century the office was created in 1808 named  Rhynern Mairie. After restoration of the Prussian province of Westphalia, it remained in place.
On 1 April 1939 it was largely incorporated into Hamm and on 31 December 1974 it officially became part of the municipality of Hamm. Polish journalist [[Ksawery Pruszyński]] died in a car accident in Rhynern in 1950.
It contains the [[Galerie Mensing]], a small church, a library, several sports complexes and several hotels.
==Towns and villages==
The former municipality included the following villages:
*Rhynern
*Berge
*[[Westtünnen]]
*Caldenhof
*[[Osttünnen]]
*Süddinker
*Allen
*Unter-Allen
*Zengerott
*Wambeln
*Wambeln-Bruch
*Opsen
*Freiske
*Drechen
*Osterflierich
*Pedinghausen
*Kump
==References==
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[[Category:Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia]]
[[Category:Hamm]]
[[Category:Former municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia]]
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