<P> The neighborhood 's distinctive name comes from its builders and early residents , German immigrants of the mid-19th century . Many walked to work across bridges over the Miami and Erie Canal , which separated the area from downtown Cincinnati . The canal was nicknamed `` the Rhine '' in reference to the river Rhine in Germany , and the newly settled area north of the canal as `` Over the Rhine '' . In German , the district was called über den Rhein . </P>
<P> The neighborhood 's distinctive name comes from its builders and early residents , German immigrants of the mid-19th century . Many walked to work across bridges over the Miami and Erie Canal , which separated the area from downtown Cincinnati . The canal was nicknamed `` the Rhine '' in reference to the river Rhine in Germany , and the newly settled area north of the canal as `` Over the Rhine '' . In German , the district was called über den Rhein . </P>
where did the name over the rhine come from
where did the name over the rhine come from
its builders and early residents , German immigrants of the mid-19th century
its builders and early residents , German immigrants of the mid-19th century