Rühen

Rühen () is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Municipality Rühen includes the villages of Brechtorf, Eischott and Rühen.

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German location.image_coa: Wappen Ruehen.png
German location.image_photo: Ruhen Kirche.jpg
German location.image_caption: Lutheran church
German location.image_plan: Rühen in GF.svg
German location.state: Niedersachsen
German location.district: Gifhorn
German location.Samtgemeinde: Brome
German location.elevation: 65
German location.area: 30.94
German location.postal_code: 38471
German location.area_code: 05367
German location.licence: GF
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 03 1 51 024
German location.divisions: 3
German location.mayor: Theo Bossert
German location.party: CDU

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Population: 6084
Area: 30.94
Elevation: 65
Official website: www.ruehen.de
Image: Ruhen Kirche.jpg
Dialing code: 05367
Licence plate code: GF

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Commons category: Rühen
postal code: 38471
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hashtag: Rühen

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Rühen () is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Municipality Rühen includes the villages of Brechtorf, Eischott and Rühen.

==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).