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Büro für Stadtentwicklung und Tourismus
86641 Rain
Hauptstr. 60
+49 (0) 9090 703 333
tourismus@rain.de
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A town of gardens

The flower town of Rain lies in the Danube-Lech region and charms all visitors by its numerous parks and gardens. The ‘Rain green belt’ encircles the whole Old Town and provides a tour well worth seeing through the grounds of the town’s flowering parks.

History

  • around 1250 Establishment as a town
  • 1257 First recorded mention in written documents
  • 1359 Market, coinage and toll rights help the town to gain economic prosperity
  • 1398 Town wall built, raised higher in 1417
  • 1455 Introduction of a ‘cobble tax’ (for using the cobbled streets) and salt duty
  • 1480 Completion of the municipal parish church, church tower erected in 1558
  • 1632 Battle of Rain; Marshall Tilly is wounded and dies shortly afterwards in Ingolstadt
  • 1762 Building of the new town hall is completed
  • 1921 and from 1947 onwards Many new companies established
  • 1972 Re-organisation to form the Donau-Ries administrative district – first municipal incorporations and school building work
  • 2001 Creation of the new ‘Dehner Blumen-Park’ (Dehner Flower Park)
  • 2009 Regional garden exhibition ‘Nature in Rain 2009’ (29 May – 23 August)

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Büro für Stadtentwicklung und Tourismus
86641 Rain
Hauptstr. 60
+49 (0) 9090 703 333
tourismus@rain.de
to the website