Rehau

Rehau
Rehau
Coat of arms
Rehau Location of Rehau within Hof district
Coordinates: 50°15′N 12°01′E / 50.250°N 12.017°E / 50.250; 12.017Coordinates: 50°15′N 12°01′E / 50.250°N 12.017°E / 50.250; 12.017
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberfranken
District	Hof
Government
• Mayor	Michael Abraham (CSU)
Area
• Total	80.34 km2 (31.02 sq mi)
Elevation	528 m (1,732 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	9,445
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	95111
Dialling codes	09283
Vehicle registration	HO REH (registered again)
Website	www.stadt-rehau.de

Rehau is a town in the district of Hof, in Bavaria, Germany. The first documented name of Rehau was "Resawe" in the year 1234. Rehau is situated in the Fichtelgebirge, 12 km southeast of Hof, and 12 km west of Aš. Formerly a fairly isolated town, located as it is near both Czech and former East German borders, with the fall of The Wall, it is now in the center of a growing area, with a new Autobahn providing ready access from Nuremberg and Munich.

The principal employer and economic engine is the polymer manufacturer Rehau AG & Co, which was founded in 1948. With more than 15.000 employees Rehau is an international company, that produces products in construction, automotive and industry.

Sons and daughters of the city

• Peter Angermann (born 1945), painter
• Eberhard Bodenschatz (born 1959), physicist
• Karl-Heinrich Bodenschatz, (1890-1979), in the First World War adjutant of Manfred von Richthofen, later General of the Luftwaffe and adjutant of Hermann Göring
• Arthur Grimm (1908-after 1990), photographer
• Hans Grimm (1905-1998), director
• Hans Vogt (engineer) (1890-1979), engineer
• Jobst Wagner (born 1959), head of Rehau Group

Personalities who have worked on the ground

• Eugen Gomringer, (born 1925), artist
• Nora-Eugenie Gomringer, (born 1980), artist

References

External links

• Website of Rehau