Over-the-Rhine, also known as "Cincinnati's Rhineland, and the "Rhineland of America", is a German cultural district of Cincinnati, Ohio. Over-the-Rhine is among the largest, most intact urban historic districts in the United States. Germans from Ohio are known as "Ohio Rhinelanders", named after the Ohio Rhineland. The Cincinnati Reds baseball team was highly supported by Ohio Rhinelanders, and was commonly known as the "Cincinnati Rhinelanders", referring to Cincinnati's German heritage.
From upper left: Italianate architecture, the Art Academy of Cincinnati, the OTR Gateway Quarter, Music Hall, Findlay Market, and the School for Creative and Performing Arts
Cincinnati Rhinelanders, 1888
The Germania Building (Eastlake H)
Music Hall (Venetian Gothic)
Cincinnati is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. Settled in 1788, the city is located in the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky. The population of Cincinnati was 309,317 in 2020, making it the third-most populous city in Ohio after Columbus and Cleveland, and 65th in the United States. The city is the economic and cultural hub of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, Ohio's most populous metro area and the nation's 30th-largest with over 2.265 million residents.
Image: Downtown Cincinnati viewed from Mt. Adams (cropped)
Image: Roebling Suspension Bridge at night
Image: Cincinnati Union Terminal principal facade
Image: Over the Rhine near Findlay Market
