Rheinfelden (Baden)


Rheinfelden is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, across from Rheinfelden, Switzerland, and 15 km east of Basel. The population is 32,919 as of 2020, making it the second most populated town of the district after Lörrach.

Geography

Rheinfelden is located on the Swiss-German border, between the High Rhine to the south and the Dinkelberg hills to the north in the district of Lörrach. It borders the Swiss town of the same name across the Rhine river, and the towns of Grenzach-Wyhlen, Inzlingen, Steinen, Maulburg, Schopfheim, and Schwörstadt in Germany.

Communities

Rheinfelden consists of a relatively young town core, two formerly independent villages, and seven villages which were incorporated into the town between 1972 and 1975. These are:
  • Degerfelden.
  • Minseln.
  • Herten.
  • Nordschwaben.
  • Adelhausen.
  • Eichsel
  • Karsau and its community of Beuggen.
Apart from the town core, the villages forming Rheinfelden date from the early Middle Ages. Partly because of this, a teasing animosity exists between the villages with their longer history and traditions, and the industrial town core with its diverse population of recent origin.

Transport

Air

The town is served by EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, located which is half an hour drive north west of Rheinfelden. Zurich Airport can also be reached, it is located which is an hour drive south east of Rheinfelden.

Twin towns – sister cities

Rheinfelden is twinned with:
  • Fécamp, France
  • Mouscron, Belgium
  • Neumarkt, Italy
  • Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

    Notable people

  • Hans Blum, journalist and writer, lived in Rheinfelden from 1865.
  • Jürgen Untermann, linguist, indoeuropeanist and epigraphist
  • Anne-Sophie Mutter, violinist
  • Jochen Böhler, historian, specializing in the military history of World War II
  • Dietmar Dath, author, journalist and translator
  • Lars Halter, German-American journalist

    Sport

  • Thomas Süss, former footballer who played 286 games
  • Monique Riesterer, weightlifter
  • Ruwen Faller, 400 metre sprinter
  • sisters Alisa Vetterlein & Laura Vetterlein, footballers
  • Philipp Hercher, footballer who has played over 230 games
  • Raoul Petretta, Italian footballer, played over 190 games