Rühen

Rühen
Lutheran church
Coat of arms
Rühen
Location of Rühen within Gifhorn district
Coordinates: 52°29′N 10°52′E / 52.483°N 10.867°E / 52.483; 10.867Coordinates: 52°29′N 10°52′E / 52.483°N 10.867°E / 52.483; 10.867
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Gifhorn
Municipal assoc.	Brome
Government
• Mayor	Karl-Peter Ludwig (SPD)
Area
• Total	30.89 km2 (11.93 sq mi)
Elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	5,488
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	38471
Dialling codes	05367
Vehicle registration	GF

Rühen is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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).