Rural Municipality of Rhineland
The Rural Municipality of Rhineland is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Since 1876, the area made up part of the Mennonite West Reserve. The R.M. of Rhineland was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on February 14, 1880 and later absorbed the neighbouring RM of Douglas in January 1891.[1] It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the towns of Gretna and Plum Coulee to form the Municipality of Rhineland.[2]
The RM was 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 in the former RM's territory at Neubergthal, which was officially designated in 1998 as Neubergthal Street Village.
Geography
[edit]According to Statistics Canada, the former RM had an area of 953.42 km2 (386.12 sq mi).
Communities
[edit]- Blumenort South
- Gnadenfeld
- Gnadenthal
- Halbstadt
- Horndean
- Kronsthal
- Neubergthal
- Neuhorst
- Rosenfeld
- Rosengart
- Rosetown
- Schoenwiese
- Sommerfeld
Adjacent municipalities
[edit]- Rural Municipality of Stanley - (west)
- Rural Municipality of Roland - (northwest)
- Rural Municipality of Morris - (northeast)
- Rural Municipality of Montcalm - (east)
- Pembina County, North Dakota - (south)
References
[edit]- ^ "Manitoba's Municipal History: Rural Municipalities and Local Government Districts". The Manitoba Historical Society. September 21, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ^ "Manitoba's Municipal History: Municipal Amalgamations (2015)". The Manitoba Historical Society. December 1, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- Manitoba Historical Society - Rural Municipality of Rhineland
- Map of Rhineland R.M. at Statcan
- Manitoba Historical Society - Neubergthal Mennonite Street Village
- Neubergthal Mennonite Street Village
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