Rural Municipality of Rhineland

The Rural Municipality of Rhineland is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on February 14, 1880.^[1] It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the Town of Gretna and the Town of Plum Coulee to form the Municipality of Rhineland.^[2]

The former RM is located in the southern part of the province, along its border with the state of North Dakota in the United States. It had a population of 4,125 persons in the 2006 census, a slight decrease from the 4,183 reported in the 2001 Census. There is a national historic site at Neubergthal, which was officially designated in 1998 as Neubergthal Street Village.

Geography

According to Statistics Canada, the former RM had an area of 953.42 km² (386.12 sq mi).

Communities

• Blumenort
• Gnadenfeld
• Gnadenthal
• Halbstadt
• Horndean
• Kronsthal
• Neubergthal
• Neuhorst
• Rosenfeld
• Rosengart
• Rosetown
• Schoenwiese
• Sommerfeld

Adjacent municipalities

• Rural Municipality of Stanley - (west)
• Rural Municipality of Roland - (northwest)
• Rural Municipality of Morris - (northeast)
• Rural Municipality of Montcalm - (east)
• Gretna (town) - (south)
• Pembina County, North Dakota - (south)

	R.M. of Roland	R.M. of Roland / R.M. of Morris	R.M. of Morris
	R.M. of Stanley		R.M. of Montcalm
	R.M. of Rhineland
		Gretna (town) / Pembina County, North Dakota

References

• Manitoba Historical Society - Rural Municipality of Rhineland
• Map of Rhineland R.M. at Statcan
• Manitoba Historical Society - Neubergthal Street Village
• Neubergthal Street Village

External links

• Official website

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Coordinates: 49°07′59″N 97°35′39″W / 49.13306°N 97.59417°W / 49.13306; -97.59417