Rühen

Rühen
Lutheran church
Rühen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Gifhorn
Municipal assoc. Brome
Local subdivisions 3
Mayor Waldemar Peters (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 30.89 km2 (11.93 sq mi)
Elevation 65 m  (213 ft)
Population 4,890 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 158 /km2 (410 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate GF
Postal code 38471
Area code 05367

Rühen is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

History

Between 1945 and 1990 Rühen served as West German inner German border crossing for inland navigation on the Mittellandkanal. The crossing was open for freight vessels navigating between the Soviet Zone of occupation in Germany (till 1949, thereafter the East German Democratic Republic), or West Berlin and the British zone of occupation (till 1949) and thereafter the West German Federal Republic of Germany. The traffic was subject to the Interzonal traffic regulations, that between West Germany and West Berlin followed the special regulations of the Transit Agreement (1972).

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