Rethen
Rethen is a former municipality in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony. The village was probably founded during the Saxon Wars of Charlemagne. In the Middle Ages, Rethen was a border town between the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim and Diocese of Halberstadt.
- Village with 1,140 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 79 metres (259 feet)
- Description: district of municipality Vordorf, Lower-Saxony, Germany
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Nicolai and Großsteingrab von Rethen.
Großsteingrab von Rethen
Photo: JA ALT, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Warxbüttel and Meine.
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Latitude
52.37769° or 52° 22′ 40″ north
Longitude
10.48234° or 10° 28′ 56″ east
Open location code
9F4G9FHJ+3W
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Middle Low German—“Rethen” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Rethen”
- Dutch: “Rethen (Vordorf)”
- Dutch: “Rethen”
- Esperanto: “Rethen”
- French: “Rethen”
- German: “Rethen bei Braunschweig”
- German: “Rethen”
- Irish: “Rethen”
- Italian: “Rethen (Vordorf)”
- Italian: “Rethen”
- Low German: “Rethen”
- Middle Low German: “Rethene [a. 1301]”
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Localities in the Area
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