Rinchnach is a municipality in the Lower Bavarian district of Regen, of Germany. As of 2000, the population was 3,261.^{[citation needed]}

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Rinchnach
Municipality
Rinchnach
Coat of arms
Location of Rinchnach within Regen district
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Coordinates: 48°57′N 13°12′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Niederbayern
District	Regen
Government
• Mayor (2021–27)	Simone Hilz[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	40.20 km2 (15.52 sq mi)
Elevation	564 m (1,850 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,110
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	94269
Dialling codes	09921
Vehicle registration	REG
Website	www.rinchnach.de

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Rinchnach is in the midst of the Bavarian Forest, just 7 kilometers southeast of the town Rain, and 9 kilometers south of Zwiesel. The village spreads over a wide, sunny valley at the foot of the Gsengetstein Mountain.^{[citation needed]}

The river Rinchnacher Ohe flows through Rinchnach.

Saint Gunther, a Benedictine monk from the Niederaltaich Abbey, created the first settlement in the central Bavarian Forest when he founded the Rinchnach monastery in 1011. The community's history is closely connected with the monastery.^{[citation needed]}

The municipality was destroyed and looted in the Rinchnach Thirty Years' War in 1641. This happened again in 1703 by the Swedes in the War of Spanish Succession, and yet again by the Austrians in 1742-1744 during the War of Austrian Succession.^{[citation needed]}