Its coordinates based on the old village church are 51° 37' 47.8" N, 7° 51' 29.2" E, it is calibrated to 92.96 m above sea level.

The oldest written reference is found in approximately the year 1000 in a manuscript, which is located in the State Archives of Münster.

During the French occupation in the 19th Century the office was created in 1808 named Rhynern Mairie.

Polish journalist Ksawery Pruszyński died in a car accident in Rhynern in 1950.

It contains the Galerie Mensing, a small church, a library, several sports complexes and several hotels.