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This municipality is named after a district in the Rhine River valley of western Germany.
Present Status |
Municipality of Rhineland (1 January 2015) |
Incorporation History |
Rural Municipality of Douglas (14 February 1880)
Rural Municipality of Rhineland (February 1891)
Amalgamation of Gretna, Plum Coulee and Rhineland (1 January 2015) |
Adjoining Municipalities |
Montcalm, Morris, Roland, Stanley |
Constituent Communities |
Altbergthal, Altona, Bergfeld (west), Bergman, Blumengart (west), Blumengart Colony, Blumenhof (west), Blumenort South, Ebenfeld (west), Edenburg, Edenthal, Eigengrund (west), Eigenhoff, Gnadenfeld, Gnadenthal, Gretna, Gruenfeld (west), Halbstadt, Hamburg (west), Heuboden (west), Horndean, Kleefeld (west), Kronsthal (west), Lichtfeld, Neuanlage (west), Neubergthal, Neuendorf, Neuhoffnung (west), Neuhorst, Plum Coulee, Reinthal, Rosenfeld, Rosengart (west), Rosenhof, Rosetown, Rudnerweide, Schoenau (west), Schoenhorst (west), Schoenthal (west), Schoenwiese (west), Silberfeld (west), Sommerfeld |
Land Area (square km) |
960.40 |
Population
Year |
Total |
1881 |
1673 |
1891 |
6500 |
1896 |
7860 |
1901 |
7832 |
1911 |
7272 |
1921 |
8400 |
1931 |
8314 |
1941 |
8936 |
1951 |
6730 |
1956 |
6451 |
1961 |
6003 |
1966 |
5339 |
1971 |
4776 |
1976 |
4550 |
1981 |
4525 |
1986 |
4321 |
1991 |
4150 |
1996 |
4172 |
2001 |
4183 |
2006 |
4125 |
2011 |
4373 |
2016 |
5945 |
2021 |
5819 |
Reeves
Term |
Mayor |
1880 |
Enoch Winkler (1852-1928) |
1880-1883 |
? |
1883-1884 |
Otto Schultz |
1884-1886 |
Enoch Winkler (1852-1928) |
1886-1887 |
Peter Funk |
1887-1888 |
David Peters |
1888-1889 |
Peter Bergen |
1889-1891 |
Gerhard Klassen |
1891-1895 |
Jacob Heppner |
1895-1896 |
Anton Heppner |
1896-1897 |
Jacob Heppner |
1897-1898 |
Peter R. Friesen |
1898-1899 |
Johann Siemens |
1899-1900 |
Cornelius Bergman |
1900-1901 |
Anton Heppner |
1901-1903 |
Cornelius Bergman |
1903-1907 |
William Berg |
1907-1912 |
H. J. Friesen |
1912-1913 |
Jacob P. Derksen |
1913-1916 |
H. J. Friesen |
1916-1918 |
Jacob A. Klassen |
1918-1919 |
H. D. Penner |
1919-1929 |
Peter A. Toews |
1929-1947 |
John D. Giesbrecht |
1947-1953 |
Edward Pokrant |
1953-1955 |
H. P. Hildebrandt |
1955-1957 |
Jacob F. Janzen |
1957-1959 |
David Wall |
1959-1967 |
W. E. Dueck |
1967-1983 |
Henry D. “H. D.” Hildebrand (1927-2015) |
1983-1998 |
Jacob H. Schroeder (?-2015) |
1998-? |
John H. Falk |
?-2010 |
? |
2010-2011 |
Grant Heinrichs (c1951-2011) |
2011-2018 |
? |
2018-? |
Don Wiebe |
Memorable Manitobans
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Rhineland:
Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Rhineland.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Rhineland.
Maps
Sources
Sixty Years of Progress: The Rural Municipality of Rhineland, 1884-1944 by Jacob Rempel.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 21 May 2023
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