Rüthen

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Rüthen
Schloss Körtlinghausen near Rüthen
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Soest
Town subdivisions	15
Mayor	Rudolf Schieren
Basic statistics
Area	158.09 km² (61 sq mi)
Elevation	280 - 440 m
Population	11,092 (30/06/2006)
- Density	70 /km² (182 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SO
Postal code	59602
Area code	02952
Website	www.ruethen.de Coordinates: 51°29′36″N 8°29′0″E / 51.49333, 8.48333

Rüthen is a town in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Coat of arms
3 Education
- 3.1 Schools
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Rüthen is situated on the river Möhne, approx. 20 km south of Lippstadt and 35 km south-west of Paderborn. With an area of more than 118 square miles it is the largest town within the district of Soest.

[edit] Neighbouring municipalities

[edit] Division of the town

After the local government reforms of 1975 Rüthen consists of the following 15 districts:

Rüthen (5.360 inhabitants)
Altenrüthen (550 inhabitants)
Drewer (780 inhabitants)
Hemmern (170 inhabitants)
Hoinkhausen(170 inhabitants)
Kallenhardt(1.810 inhabitants)
Kellinghausen (90 inhabitants)
Kneblinghausen (320 inhabitants)
Langenstraße-Heddinghausen (480 inhabitants)
Meiste (440 inhabitants)
Menzel (410 inhabitants)
Nettelstädt (111 inhabitants)
Oestereiden (870 inhabitants)
Weickede (25 inhabitants)
Westereiden (530 inhabitants)

[edit] Twin towns

Dereham (United Kingdom) -– since 1983
Egeln (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany) -– since 1991

[edit] History

[edit] Coat of arms

Rüthen around 1900

The coat of arms show the black cross of the bishops of Cologne, to which Rüthen belonged since the Middle Ages, on silver ground. In the four corners and the middle of the cross is one red diamond each. The four diamonds represent the four city gates, of which only one (the "Hachtor") still exists today.

[edit] Education

[edit] Schools

Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium of Rüthen coordinates an annual exchange program with the students of Normal Community and Normal Community West High Schools in Normal, Illinois.