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RHEINE

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 233 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RHEINE , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Westphalia, situated on the See also:Ems, at the point where it becomes navigable, 29 M. W. by See also:rail of See also:Osnabruck, and at the junction of See also:main lines to See also:Munster, See also:Rotterdam and See also:Emden. Pop. (1905) 12,801. It is an old-fashioned town with a pronounced Dutch aspect, and has See also:pretty gardens and promenades. Rheine is the seat of See also:cotton See also:industries, has manufactures of jute, machinery, See also:tobacco and See also:flour, and a considerable See also:river See also:trade in agricultural produce. It received municipal rights in 1327. About a mile See also:north of Rheine is the See also:castle of Bentlage, the See also:family seat of the princes of Rheina-Wolbeck.

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